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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pipe, consisting of 4.in. glazed stoneware pipes, inside
house and unventilated. Rain-water pipe directly connected
with drain. Bell-traps. W.C. in yard, "longhopper"
pan with water-waste preventer. Separate
water supply.
Campbell Street.—Ground opened. Drain defective.
Joints open. No intercepting syphon. W.C.
in yard with "long-hopper" pan and spindle.valve.
One water supply.
Cornwall Road.—Ground opened. Drain defective.
Joints open. Bell-traps with defective brick connections.
No intercepting syphon. Soil-pipe serves as
rain-water pipe. Waste-pipes from scullery sink and
lavatory basin directly connected with drain. W.C.
on landing an old pan-closet. W.C. in basement a
"long-hopper" pan, and no external ventilation to
closet. One water supply.
Barnsdale Road.—Ground opened. Drain defective.
Clay joints. No intercepting syphon. W.C.
on landing an old pan-closet. W.C. in yard, "longhopper"
pan with water-waste preventer. One water
supply.
Hermitage Street.—Ground opened. Combined
drainage. Drain defective. Joints open. Separate
water supply.
Amberley Road.—Two deaths. Ground opened.
Drain defective. Joints open. No intercepting syphon.
W.C. on first floor a "short.hopper," and W.C. in
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