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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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34
REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK
Year ending 31st December, 1905.

Table: PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

District Inspectors.Mr. E. Lumley, Dust Inspector.Mr. T. Hancock, Temporary Inspector (3 months)Mr. 11. 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. (7 months)
Public Health (London) Act.
Inspections.Dwelling Houses, &c.440364386327217......17......1751
Tenements665115603532332......139......2386
Underground Dwellings1895458129145......97......1023
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses177501166362......8......476
Slaughter Houses2420289......7......70
Yards, Stables, and Mews591226692655477......89......2730
Smoke Shafts...31156.........29437356
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses........................s...3
Refuse Receptacles105538712962318...8......762
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse48464269342158.........152412
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary2...4]..................7
Visits to Works in Progress30854040267638961814......7014716717895
Miscellaneous Inspections704501405884626367...853010184620
UNWHOLESOME FOOD:—
Number of seizures made......13..................4
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:—
Cases Isolated961591......2......42
Cases removed to Hospital113241285763......29......414
Rooms Disinfected21939159130131......35713
NEW DRAINAGE
Number of Plans Passed6283519938...............333
New Pipe Drains (feet)12890140023350120564142...............50440
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied9864736440...............339