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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TABLE 4.—Dwelling-Houses: Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.
1,258 | |
4,324 | |
(2) Found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 91 |
(3) Found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 438 |
324 | |
297 | |
(2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied:— | 141 |
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11 | |
Other rooms | 19 |
(2) Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been made fit | 6 |
(3) Rooms affected by (2) above | 9 |
(4) Closing Orders varied | 2 |
(5) Undertakings accepted in respect of underground rooms | 5 |
TABLE 5.—Nuisances Remedied.
Nuisance Abated or Defect Remedied | Number |
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Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated | 119 |
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, sash cords, grates and flues, etc., defective | 288 |
Drain, water-closet and waste pipe stoppages | 103 |
Drains, water-closets and waste pipes defective | 126 |
Yard, area and wash-house defects | 26 |
Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes defective | 214 |
Insufficient water supplies | 6 |
Water cisterns dirty or defective | 13 |
Ashpits, dustbins, etc., defective | 18 |
Rubbish accumulations | 67 |
Animal nuisances | 16 |
Miscellaneous | 124 |
Total | 1,120 |
TABLE 6.—Rent Act, 1957.
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair | 34 | |
Notices served on landlords of Proposal to issue Certificate of Disrepair | 36 | |
Undertakings received from landlords | 23 | |
Certificates of Disrepair issued | 16 | |
Applications for Certificates as to Remedying of Defects | 27 | |
Certificates as to Remedying of Defects issued | 25 | |
Applications for cancellation of Certificates of Disrepair | 5 | |
Certificates of Disrepair cancelled | 6 (one by County Court) |