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 St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Housing of the Working Classes
Number of Houses inspected—
(a) On account of complaints
or illness (P.H. Act) 2,009
(b) House-to-house (Housing
Consolidated Regulations,
1925) 581
Tenements in blocks 253
Total 2,843
Number of Notices served—
(a) Under P.H. Act
(1) Intimation1,257
(2) Statutory 63
(b) Under Housing Act Nil
Number of Houses repaired or
nuisances remedied under P.H.
Act, 1891 1,320
Number of Houses repaired
under Section 3 of Housing
Act, 1925—
(a) By Owners Nil
(b) By Local Authority in
default of Owners Nil
Number of Houses closed on
Notice by Owner that they
could not be made fit Nil
Numbe. of Houses for the Working
Classes—
(a) Erected during year (flats) 44
(b) In course of erection 63
Number of Representations by
Medical Officer or other
person Nil
Number of Houses included in
such representations Nil
Number of Closing Orders made Nil
Number of Closing Orders determined
(i.e., Houses made fit) Nil
Number of Demolition Orders... Nil
Number of Houses demolished—
(a) In pursuance of Orders Nil
(b) Voluntarily Nil
Total Number of Houses in the
borough 17,200
Number of Houses occupied by
the Working Classes 8,587
Number of Houses registered
under the new Bye-laws as to
Houses Let in Lodgings Nil
Number of Inspections made of
such Houses Nil
Number of Prosecution Nil
Mortuary.
Number of bodies received 148
Number of Infectious bodies received 4
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
Adults. | Children. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Total | |
Number of persons cleansed | 2,482 | 697 | 905 | 2,242 | 6,326 |
Places where Food is Prepared for Sale (excluding Bakehouses).
Number on Register at end of .1932 858
Number of Inspections 450
Number of Notices 16
Number of Prosecutions Nil
Bakehouses.
Number on Register at end of 1932 | 56 |
Number above ground | 7 |
Number underground | 49 |
Number of Inspections | 110 |
Number of Notices | 8 |
Number of Prosecutions | Nil |