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Marylebone 1902

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

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70
REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK
Month ending 31st May, 1902.

Table: PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

District Inspectors.Mr. R. Phillips, Special Duties.Miss L. M. O'Kell.Total.
Mr. J. Hodgss, No. 1 District.Mr. A. Perry, No. 2 District.Mr. D. J Andrews, No. 3. District.Mr. T. Gorniot, No. 4 District.Mr. W. Yeo, No. 5 District.
Public Health (London) Act.
Inspections.Dwelling Houses, &c.4756504043..............236
Tenements50...306327...............170
Underground Dwellings20...25521...............71
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses62325...............18
Slaughter Houses12...11...............5
Yards, Stables, and Mews1818306026............2154
Smoke Shafts........................4...4
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses.................................
Refuse Receptacles5136205...............49
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse8912...7...............36
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary.................................
Visits to Works in Progress14116215018097.........3512777
Miscellaneous Inspections5463506069.........2027343
UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
Number of seizures made.................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:-
Cases Isolated............2...............2
Cases removed to Hospital1198611...............45
Rooms Disinfected2418161226...............96
NEW DRAINAGE:-
Number of Plans Passed71151213...............48
New Pipe Drains (feet)95417203525601648...............5234
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied11121059...............47