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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 1905

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

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Table: REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 31st May, 1905.PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 31st May, 1905.

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, &c.3739353841...............190
Tenements8523758362...............328
Underground Dwellings18...531037...............118
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses4519311420...............129
Slaughter Houses21......1...............4
Yards, Stables, and Mews3339353048...............185
Smoke Shafts.........2............6...8
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses........................1...1
Refuse Receptacles959161025............74
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse78655200.........2233
Removal of Bodies to MortuaryI...........................1
Visits to Works in progress360326275286264............151526
Miscellaneous Inspections72383543695.........73335
UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
Number of seizures made.................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:—
Cases Isolated12...11...............5
Cases Removed to Hospital11111615...............44
Rooms Disinfected223161428...............83
NEWDRAINAGE
Number of Plans Passed86101210...............45
New Pipe Drains (feet)10505862509601126...............3972
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied10151259...............51