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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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Table: REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Year ending 31st December, 1902.PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Year ending 31st December, 1902.

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

District Inspectors.Mr. R. Phillips, Special Duties.Miss F. A. Baker.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.397435416329279.........9841958
Tenements538132503524343...............2040
Underground Dwellings113321152143...............522
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses6525442572.........111243
Slaughter Houses20246516...............71
Yards, Stables, and Mews295213366572301.........1031760
Smoke Shafts........................57764
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses.........2............417
Refuse Receptacles1071446711260.........27499
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse921061294957............12445
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary3122..................8
Visits to Works in progress23222384211524391841.........28017611557
Miscellaneous Inspections16381419128518701274.........2924658243
UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
Number of seizures made......22..................4
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:—
Cases Isolated1218986...............53
Cases Removed to Hospital163138113198158...............770
Rooms Disinfected310235167347302...............1361
NEW DRAINAGE
Number of Plans Passed897360104106.........74443
New Pipe Drains (feet)126101332144821231114634.........30...57388
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied1011021087189.........111483