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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Paddington 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]

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REPORT, 1888-9.
Hay Crop.—The expenses of mowing, stacking,
and carting being £38 14s. 9d. This amount,
including the cutting and making of the second cut
crop, total loads being 19, at £4 per load, equal £76;
the actual gain to the Vestry being £37 5s. 3d.

Table: Artizan's Work.— The general miscellaneous repairs have been carried out by Artizans in the employ of the Vestry at the Works Department, including the following smiths' work for the Highway Department.

Artizan's Work.— The general miscellaneous repairs have been carried out by Artizans in the employ of the Vestry at the Works Department, including the following smiths' work for the Highway Department.

Pickaxes lined and Steeled.Tools Sharphnkd.Paving Hammers liued
Pickaxes.Chisels.Paving Hammers.
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St. Marys Old Churchyard Improvement.
The faculty granted to carry out this improvement
was obtained in May, 1888, and the work commenced
in August, and was finally finished in January,
1889. A map of the Churchyard, shewing the exact
positions of the tombs and graves, also a register of
decipherable inscriptions found on the tombs, has been
taken for future reference.
The improvements that have been carried out
during the last few years in opening up and making