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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 1893
The sanitary chronicles of the Parish of St. Marylebone being the annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1893
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REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK, 189 3. SANITARY DEPARTMENT.
| Arthur Perry, Nos. 1, 2,and 4 Wards. | W. Yeo, No. 3 Ward. | D. J. Andrews, Nos. 5 and 6 Wards. | Richard Phillips, Nos. 7 and 8 Wards. | T. Gorniot, Special Duty. Bakehouses, and Sale of Food and Drugs Act. | C. J. Kilgallin, Special Duty. Factories and Workshops, etc. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Complaints received | 425 | 430 | 342 | 304 | ... | 13 (Factory Inspections.) | 1514 | ||
| Inspections | Of Dwelling-houses | 2549 | 659 | 574 | 888 | ... | 40 | 4710 | |
| „ Kitchens (separately occupied) | 53 | 71 | 326 | 215 | 665 | ||||
| „ Schools | 13 | 57 | 9 | 24 | ... | 4 | 107 | ||
| „ Houses registered under Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | 419 | 1326 | 714 | 634 | 194 | 201 | 3488 | ||
| „ Dairies and Cow-houses | 22 | 83 | 8 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 166 | ||
| „ Bakehouses | 34 | 94 | 27 | 53 | 108 | 108 | 424 | ||
| „ Slaughterhouses | 22 | 43 | 2 | 29 | 20 | ... | 116 | ||
| ,, Miscellaneous Inspections | 5738 | 2739 | 2724 | 2030 | 1199 | 197 | 14627 | ||
| Notices issued for Abatement of Nuisances | 243 | 301 | 115 | 101 | 3 | 98 | 861 | ||
| Letters written relating to Abatement of Nuisances | 233 | 484 | 393 | 366 | 185 | 72 | 1733 | ||
| Proceedings taken before Magistrates under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | |||
| Reports made to Medical Officer of Health | 326 | 961 | 299 | 625 | 50 | 32 | 2293 | ||
| Infectious Patients removed to Hospital | 222 | 398 | 183 | 245 | ... | ... | 1048 | ||
| Rooms Disinfected after Infectious Disease | 529 | 457 | 284 | 420 | ... | 128 | 2013 | ||
| New Pipe Drains (feet) | 20565 | 16910 | 5186 | 18835 | 195 | 87 | 61753 | ||
| Drains Repaired | 178 | 221 | 91 | 94 | 170 | 584 | |||
| Number of houses in which defects of Drainage have been detected and remedied | 286 | 226 | 135 | 139 | 3 | 3 | 792 | ||
| Unwholesome Food—Number of Seizures made | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Food Adulteration | Samples collected for Analysis | 123 | 134 | 110 | 111 | 124 | 14 | 616 | |
| Proceedings taken before Magistrates | ... | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | 30 | |||
| Removal of Bodies to Mortuary | 6 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 40 | |||
Infected Articles removed and stoved, 19726.
Statistical Returns to Government and other Departments, 564.
Cautionary Notices to Schools re Infectious Sickness, 349