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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 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 30th November, 1902.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
| District Inspectors. | Mr. K. Phillips, Special Duties. | Miss F. A. Baker. | 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. | 40 | 38 | 35 | 30 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 169 |
| Tenements | 36 | ... | 45 | 23 | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 135 | |
| Underground Dwellings | 12 | ... | 21 | 6 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56 | |
| Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 36 | |
| Slaughter Houses | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Yards, Stables, and Mews | 20 | 12 | 30 | 40 | 47 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 149 | |
| Smoke Shafts | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Refuse Receptacles | 8 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 49 | |
| Enquiries re non-removal of refuse | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 51 | |
| Removal of Bodies to Mortuary | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Visits to Works in Progress | 260 | 263 | 250 | 320 | 211 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 16 | 1330 | |
| Miscellaneous Inspections | 140 | 136 | 120 | 220 | 135 | ... | ... | ... | 39 | 74 | 864 | |
| UNWHOLESOME FOOD. | ||||||||||||
| Number of seizures made | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE | ||||||||||||
| Cases Isolated | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Cases removed to Hospital | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 12 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 52 | |
| Rooms Disinfected | 11 | 17 | 12 | 33 | 22 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 95 | |
| NEW DRAINAGE | ||||||||||||
| Number of Hans Passed | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 35 | |
| New Pipe Drains (feet) | 980 | 1328 | 340 | 920 | 1126 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4694 | |
| Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 48 | |