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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
Marylebone 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 7.—Dwelling- Houses: Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found
and Action Taken.
| (1) (a) Inspected for housing defects | 1,022 |
| (6) Inspections made for the purpose ... | 4,268 |
| (2) Found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 87 |
| (3) Found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 426 |
| Defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 341 |
| (1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 299 |
| (2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied :— | |
| (a) By owners | 82 |
| (6) By Local Authority in default of owners | 3 |
| (6) Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1957 :— | |
| (1) Rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made :— | |
| Underground rooms | 5 |
| Other rooms | 9 |
| (2) Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been made fit | 6 |
| (3) Rooms affected by (2) above | 10 |
| (4) Closing Orders varied | — |
| (5) Undertakings accepted in respect of underground rooms | 1 |
| Nuisance Abated or Defect Remedied | Number |
|---|---|
| Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated | 167 |
| Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, sash cords, grates and flues, etc., defective | 220 |
| Drain, water-closet and waste pipe stoppages | 55 |
| Drains, water-closets and waste pipes defective | 95 |
| Yard, area and wash-house defects | 11 |
| Roofs, gutters and rainwater pipes defective | 159 |
| Insufficient water supplies | 11 |
| Water cisterns dirty or defective | 12 |
| Ashpits, dustbins, etc., defective | 40 |
| Rubbish accumulations | 58 |
| Animal nuisances | 11 |
| Miscellaneous | 49 |
| Total | 888 |
TABLE 9.—RENT ACT,1957.
| Applications for Certificates of Disrepair | 19 |
| Notices served on landlords of Proposal to issue Certificate of Disrepair | 12 |
| Undertakings received from landlords | 6 |
| Certificates of Disrepair issued | 2 |
| Applications for Certificates as to Remedying of Defects | 14 |
| Certificates as to Remedying of Defects issued | 14 |
| Applications for cancellation of Certificates of Disrepair | 4 |
| Certificates of Disrepair cancelled | 3 (one by County Court) |