Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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XXXVII. Report of Surveyor (continued).
Lighting Department 87
Electric Lighting 88
Dusting Department 89
Slopping Department 90
Cleansing the Public Streets 90
Frosty Weather and Snow Clearing 91
General Directions for Snow Clearing 94
Sanding Frosty Roads 100
Carting Road Materials and General Work 101
Road Watering 101
Horses 101
Horse Fodder 103
Artizan's Work 105
Paddington Green and St. Mary's Old
Churchyard 105
Accounts and Details appended to the
Surveyor's Report:—
A. Dusting, Slopping, Watering, Carting
Roadway Materials, &c. 108
B. Plant Capital Account 114
C. Cost of Dusting 116
D. Cost of Slopping 118
E. Road Sweeping and Cleaning Account 120
F. Public Lighting Account 121
G. Miscellaneous Articles in Store 123
H. Miscellaneous Tools in use 124
I. Defects of Un-metered and Metered
Lamps 125
J. List of Plant fixed in the Public Streets 126
K. Experimental and Testing Apparatus
fixed at the Vestry Hall 126
L. List and Positions of Refuge and Special
Lamps 1—7
M. Table of Lighting Hours, &c., &c. 128
XXXVIII. Abstract of Quarterly Reports of Public
Analyst 131
XXXIX. Report of Burial Board 133
XL. Report of Commissioners of Baths and Wash-
houses 139
XL1. Schedule of Parochial Charities 156
XLII. Accounts of Parochial Charities 163