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Marylebone 1904

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

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58
REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK
Month ending 31st May, 1904.

Table: PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

District Inspectors.Mr. E. Lumley, Dust Inspector.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. Yen, No. 5 District.
Public Health (London) Act.
Inspections.Dwelling Houses, &c5683483051...............268
Tenements .52504048...............190
Underground Dwellings12325319...............62
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses633516...............33
Slaughter Houses22......1...............5
Yards, Stables, and Mews4654454068...............253
Smoke Shafts........................6...6
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses........................1...1
Refuse Receptacles63...59......20......43
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse42547......250......272
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary ...................................
Visits to Works in progress230240200250183............211124
Miscellaneous Inspections96898524077............74664
UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
Number of seizures made............1...............1
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:—
Cases Isolated....23.....................5
Cases Removed to Hospital441059...............32
Rooms Disinfected8610152766
NEW DRAINAGE :—
Number of Plans Passed673115...............32
New Pipe Drains (feet)7608366507401264...............4250
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied108945...............36