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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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REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Year ending 31st December, 1904.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
| District Inspectors. | Mr. K. Lumley, Dust Inspector. | Mr. R. Phillips Special Duties. | Miss P. A. Baker. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. J. Hodges, No. 1 District. | Mr. A. Perry, 2 District. | Mr. D. J. Andrews, No. 3 District. | Mr. T. Gorniot, No. 4 District. | Mr. W. Yeo, No. 6 District. | ||||||||
| Inspections. | Dwelling Houses, &c. | 409 | 489 | 378 | 471 | 401 | 2148 | |||||
| Tenements | 477 | 117 | 460 | 350 | 368 | 3 | 1775 | |||||
| Underground Dwellings | 155 | 15 | 224 | 68 | 196 | 648 | ||||||
| Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses | 86 | 36 | 48 | 44 | 109 | 323 | ||||||
| Slaughter Houses | 24 | 35 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 81 | ||||||
| Yards, Stables, and Mews | 409 | 240 | 400 | 465 | 600 | 2114 | ||||||
| Smoke Shafts | 1 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 122 | 101 | 259 | |||||
| Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Refuse Receptacles | 93 | 56 | 41 | 92 | 94 | 373 | 2 | 751 | ||||
| Enquiries re non-removal of refuse | 65 | 50 | 70 | 57 | 86 | 2010 | 16 | 2354 | ||||
| Removal of Bodies to Mortuary | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Visits to Works in Progress | 2126 | 2735 | 1640 | 2790 | 1892 | 94 | 193 | 11470 | ||||
| Miscellaneous Inspections | 1010 | 950 | 795 | 2265 | 1086 | 553 | 216 | 875 | 7750 | |||
| UNWHOLFSOME FOOD:— | ||||||||||||
| Number of seizures made | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE:- | ||||||||||||
| Cases Isolated | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 56 | ||||||
| Cases removed to Hospital | 95 | 24 | 136 | 74 | 106 | 435 | ||||||
| Rooms Disinfected | 167 | 41 | 154 | 195 | 235 | 792 | ||||||
| NEW DRAINAGE:— | ||||||||||||
| Number of Plans Passed | 46 | 72 | 68 | 108 | 76 | 6 | 376 | |||||
| New Pipe Drains (feet) | 9764 | 1262 | 9000 | 10609 | 16222 | 174 | 58390 | |||||
| Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied | 93 | 104 | 85 | 75 | 100 | 457 | ||||||