London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1916
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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Underground Rooms.
| Number dealt with | 4 |
| Number of Notices served under P. H. (L.) Act, 1891 Nil) | 4 |
| Number of Notices served under H. T. P., &c., Act, 1909 4) | |
| 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 | Nil |
Verminous Rooms.
[London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, Section 20 (1)
| Number of rooms cleansed | 83 |
| Number of Prosecutions ... | Nil |
Shelter provided under Section 60 (4) of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891.
Number of persons accommodated during the year Nil
Inland Revenue Act.
| Number of houses for which applications were received | 7 |
| Number of tenements comprised therein | 19 |
| Number of tenements for which certificates were granted | 19 |
| ,, ,, ,, refused | Nil |
| ,, ,, ,, ,, deferred | Nil |
The total number of inspections made was 6,905.
The total number of plans deposited was 146, the number relating to new
buildings being 17 (north 5, south 12).
In the case of old buildings, the number was 129 (north 59, south 70).