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Marylebone 1903

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

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Table: REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 31st October, 1903.PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 31st October, 1903.

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

District Inspectors.Mr. R. Phillips, Special Duties.Miss F. A. Baker.Total.
M r. 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, &c7276924937...............326
Tenements5432426041...............229
Underground Dwellings21...301217...............80
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses63233...............17
Slaughter Houses24......1...............7
Yards, Stables, and Mews4436417077...............268
Smoke Shafts........................5...5
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses........................2...2
Refuse Receptacles8651014............346
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse67576............233
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary.................................
Visits to Works in Progress160286150270196.........251069
Miscellaneous Inspections528450180162.........3982649
UNWHOLESOME FOOD:—
Number of seizures made.................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Cases Isolated11...13...............6
Cases removed to Hospital1071468...............45
Rooms Disinfected1710181017...............72
NEW DRAINAGE
Number of Plans Passed14235...............15
New Pipe Drains (feet)32013602505601246...............3736
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied8151269...............50