London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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XXXI. Report of Surveyor—continued.
Coroner's Court 85
Parliamentary Schemes 85
Construction of New Sewers, Length, &c. 103
Manholes 104, 106
Ventilation of Sewers 106
Special Repairs to old Sewers 109
Flushing Sewers 110
Storm Floodings 111
Re-construction of Combined Drainage 112
Re-draining of existing Buildings 112
Sewer Jobbing Works 113
Examination of Private Drains 114
New Buildings 114
Lines of Building Frontage 117
Underground Public Lavatories:—
Table showing Receipts and Expenditure,
i899-1900 118
Lighting Department 119
Incandescent Burners 121
Electric Lamps, Westbourne Terrace 122
London Overhead Wires Act, 1891 122
District Messengers' Service and News Co. 124
Dusting 124
Slopping 125
Cleansing Gulleys 125
Sanding Slippery Roads 126
Cleansing the Public Streets 126
Snow Storms 126
Carting Road Materials 128
Road Watering 129
Horses 129
Horse Fodder 131
Artisans' Work 132
Paddington Green and St. Mary's Churchyard
(Northern and Southern Portions) 132