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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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Table: WORK OF SANITARY INSPECTORS.The following summary shows the number of inspections made by each of the inspectors, and the nuisances detected by them :—

WORK OF SANITARY INSPECTORS.

The following summary shows the number of inspections made by each of the inspectors, and the nuisances detected by them :—

Districts.Borough.
No. I.No. 2.No. 3.No. 4.Total.
Total Inspections409335963882436415935
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated remedied52708710219
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, sash cords, etc., repaired91728155
Overcrowding abated064010
Illegal occupation of underground rooms dealt with10304
Water closet defects remedied25278416152
Water closets erected6I209
Urinal defects remedied307010
Soilpipe and ventilating shaft repaired or renewed ... ...203171050
Yard defects remedied12012214435421
Waste pipe defects remedied95111136
Water cistern defects remedied2411219
Rubbish, manure, etc., accumulations removed127591593
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed201720158
Drains relaid or amended45912773
Drains cleared30422157
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed19611440
Water supply to houses reinstated673016
Roofs and gutters repaired221920566
Area defects remedied2283635101
Wash-house defects remedied251433365
Animal nuisances abated0210012
Basement defects remedied51422140
Stables cleansed or repaired11121024
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house4122018
Miscellaneous nuisances abated142456150244
Verminous rooms cleansed301534483
Workshops, damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied2385146