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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 28th February, 1902.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
| District Inspectors. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. J. Hodges No. 1 District. 1 | .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. | Mr. R. Phillips, Special Duties. | Miss L. M. O'Kell. | Total. | |||||
| Public Health (London) Act. | ||||||||||||
| Inspections. | Dwelling Houses, &c | 30 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 26 | ... | ... | ... | 88 | ... | 220 |
| Tenements | 47 | 36 | 45 | 50 | 41 | ... | 219 | |||||
| Underground Dwellings | 4 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 28 | |||||||
| Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow House? | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | ||||||
| Slaughter Houses | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Yards, Stables, and Mews | 25 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 79 | ||||||
| Smoke Shafts | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Refuse Receptacles | ||||||||||||
| Enquiries re non-removal of refuse | ||||||||||||
| Removal of Bodies to Mortuary | I | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Visits to Works in progress | 146 | 136 | 145 | 159 | 112 | 27 | 15 | 740 | ||||
| Miscellaneous Inspections | 110 | 82 | 50 | 120 | 96 | 22 | 480 | |||||
| UNWHOLESOME FOOD. Number of seizures made | ||||||||||||
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE:— | ||||||||||||
| Cases Isolated | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Cases Removed to Hospital | 16 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 75 | ||||||
| Rooms Disinfected | 26 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 37 | 130 | ||||||
| NEW DRAINAGE :— | ||||||||||||
| Number of Plans Passed | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 28 | |||||
| New Pipe Drains (feet) | 370 | 360 | 400 | 760 | 1062 | 2952 | ||||||
| Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 37 | |||||