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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 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Appended is a statement of that part of my work which admits of tabulation: —

Appended is a statement of that part of my work which admits of tabulation: —

No. of Visits.
Workshops and Workrooms156
Bakehouses291
Smoke Nuisances151
Complaints41
Intimations sent out17
Council orders served2

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I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
RICHARD PHILLIPS.
Town Hall,
St. Marylebone, W.
1st January, 1902.
To the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough Council
of St. Marylebone.
Sir,—I beg to submit to you a report of my work during
the year 1901.
WORKSHOPS AND LAUNDRIES IN WHICH WOMEN
AND GIRLS ARE EMPLOYED.
Number of Workrooms on Register, Dec. 31st, 1900 1,318
Number of Workrooms added to Register during
year ending Dec. 31st, 1901 . 556
1,874
Number of Workrooms removed from Register
during year ending Dec. 31st, 1901 192
1,682
These 1,682 workrooms are registered to accommodate
about 15,000 workers, and during the season many of the rooms
are occupied to their extreme limit. 914 businesses are here
represented, of which about 40 are laundries, while the remainder
are principally dressmaking, millinery, and tailoring businesses
with a few miscellaneous trades.