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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 January, 1903.PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

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

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.
I nspections/Dwelling Houses, &c5347603945...............244
Tenements486506041...............205
Underground Dwellings114251218...............70
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses72...49...............22
Slaughter Houses13......3...............7
Yards, Stables, and Mews2216253032...............123
Smoke Shafts........................ 3...3
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses........................ 1...1
Refuse Receptacles1096810............245
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse9111287...............47
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary.................................
Visits to Works in Progress240236250288237............191270
Miscellaneous Inspections75605018069............70504
UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
Number of seizures made.................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Cases Isolated25...11...............9
Cases removed to Hospital58993...............34
Rooms Disinfected111391511...............59
NEW DRAINAGE
Number of Plans Passed867183............345
New Pipe Drains (feet)8567305006501612.........8804436
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied1096811...............44