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Marylebone 1902

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

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Table: REGISTER OF SANITARY WORKQuarter ending 30th September, 1902.PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK

Quarter ending 30th September, 1902.

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

District Inspectors.Mr. R. Phillips, Special Duties.Miss L. M. O'Kell.Total.
Mr. J. Hodges, 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.77961006677.........5...416
Tenements108...1368268...............394
Underground Dwellings16...401233...............101
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses639611.........11147
Slaughter Houses67313...............20
Yards, Stables, and Mews5340909651.........10...340
Smoke Shafts........................21223
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses.........2............215
Refuse Receptacles2235172819.........21124
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse2023351317............5113
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary.................................
Visits to Works in progress540551450590534.........60232748
Miscellaneous Inspections334242320340294.........93971720
UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
Number of seizures made.................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:-
Cases Isolated67521...............21
Cases Removed to Hospital5367293549...............233
Rooms Disinfected103110476183...............404
NEW DRAINAGE:-
Number of Plans Passed2823202533...............129
New Pipe Drains (feet)30863197196822823336...............13869
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied2423381221.........5...123