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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 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Appendix (C) No. I.
TABLE VI.
Report of the Works of the Sanitary Department completed during the Year 1899.
| No. of Complaints received. | Inspections of Dwelling Houses. | Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses. | To Regulate Keeping of Animals. | Trade Supervision. | Foods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drainage, &c. | Water Supply. | Dust Receptacles. | Miscellaneous. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "House-to-House." | On Complaint or after illness. | Cellar Dwellings. | He-inspection of all kinds. | Entire Reconstruction. | Drains relaid, trapped, or ventilated. | Waste and rain-water pipes disconnected. | Drains Flushed, Cleared, &c. | W.C. New provided, repaired, &c. | Soil-pipes ventilated. | Services Separated. | Supplies Reinstated. | Cisterns New provided. | Cisterns cleansed, repaired, &c. | Cistern overflows disconnected. | New provided. | Repaired, &c. | Houses or Rooms cleansed, whitewashed, &c. | Cases of overcrowding abated. | Cellar-dwellings closed. | Yards and Areas Paved and Drained. | Manure Receptacles Reconstructed, &c. | Accumulations Removed. | Improperly kept Removed. | Slaughterhouses. | Cowhouses, Dairies, Milkshops. | Bakehouses. | Workshops and Workplaces, | Offensive Trades, Wharves. | Smoke Observations. | Seizures of Unsound Food. | |||
| Quarters. | 1 | 147 | 59 | 617 | .. | 3544 | 87 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 65 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .. | 20 | 10 | 10 | 273 | 39 | .. | |
| 2 | 181 | 13 | 659 | .. | 3575 | 103 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 65 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 16 | .. | 2 | 1 | 43 | 3 | .. | 15 | 6 | 87 | .. | 20 | 21 | 68 | 84 | 281 | 25 | ... | |
| 3 | 213 | 673 | .. | 3474 | 90 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .. | 9 | .. | 50 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 199 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 238 | 41 | ... | ||
| 4 | 130 | 47 | 645 | .. | 3591 | 77 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 13 | .. | 3 | .. | 32 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 79 | .. | 7 | 93 | 81 | 39 | 275 | 67 | .. | |
| Year | 671 | 119 | 2594 | .. | 14184 | 357 | 112 | 63 | 40 | 193 | 57 | 24 | 35 | 16 | 41 | •• | 15 | 3 | 146 | 23 | 5 | 52 | 25 | 370 | 2 | 36 | 137 | 161 | 158 | 1067 | 172 | .. | |
Total of Fines imposed £83 0 0
Do. Costs recovered £18 0 0
ALF. W. STOKES, F.C.S., F.I.C.,
Public Analyst.
Laboratory,
Vestry Hall,
Paddington Green, W.