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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 1904

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

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Table: REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 31st July, 1904.PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 31st July, 1904.

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. Yeo, No. 5 District.
Public Health (London) Act.
Inspections.Dwelling Houses, &c3238253031...............156
Tenements3413292529...............130
Underground Dwellings10...12821...............51
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses33...55...............16
Slaughter Houses23......1...............6
Yards, Stables, and Mews3013354079...............197
Smoke Shafts...1..................39...40
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses.................................
Refuse Receptacles7969950............90
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse64557............229
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary1...........................1
Visits to Works in progress23024050310204............281062
Miscellaneous Inspections2202367527021665......65881235
UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
Number of seizures made.................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:—
Cases Isolated.................................
Cases Removed to Hospital115866...............36
Rooms Disinfected187183017...............90
NEW DRAINAGE
Number of Plans Passed68976...............36
New Pipe Drains (feet)970132015007601174...............5724
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied1291299...............51