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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 1918
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918
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| Number of Premises where water supply has been provided to Upper Storeys | 6 | |
| Number of Statutory Notices served | 6 | |
| Number of Prosecutions | Nil | |
| Overcrowding. | ||
| Number of Dwelling Rooms overcrowdeu | 29 | |
| Number remedied | 29 | |
| Number of Prosecutions | Nil | |
| Underground Rooms. | ||
| Number dealt with | 14 | |
| Number of Notices served under P. H. (L.) Act, 1891 | 14 | |
| Number of Notices served under H. T. P., &c., Act, 1909 | ||
| Number of Prosecutions | Nil | |
| Insanitary Houses. | ||
| Number closed under Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | Nil | |
| Number closed under Part II of the Housing of the Working Classes Act | Nil | |
| Number closed under Section 17 Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909 | 13 | |
| Verminous Rooms. London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, Section 20 (1). | ||
| Number of rooms cleansed | 53 | |
| Number of Prosecutions | Nil | |
| Shelter provided under Section 60 (4) of the Public Health | ||
| (London) Act, 1891. | ||
| Number of persons accommodated during the year | 22 | |
| Inland Revenue Act. | ||
| Number of houses for which applications were received | 4 | |
| Number of tenements comprised therein | 20 | |
| Number of tenements for which certificates were granted | 19 | |
| ,, „ „ „ refused | Nil | |
| „ „ „ „ deferred | 1 | |
| Drainage. | ||
| The total number of inspections made | 4,725 | |
| The total number of drainage plans deposited | 117 | |
| The number relating to new buildings | 9 | |
| „ „ old buildings | 108 | |