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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 1906

[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, 1906.PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 31st May, 1906.

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. G. Smith, No. 5 District, Temporary Inspr.
Public Health (London) Act.
Inspections.Dwelling Houses, &c.60...48...30...............138
Tenements80...45...67...............192
Underground Dwellings8...12...20...............40
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses10...2...16...............28
Slaughter Houses2...........................2
Yards, Stables, and Mews36...35...40...............111
Smoke Shafts........................29...29
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses........................1...1
Refuse Receptacles8...6...7...............21
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse.................................
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary.................................
Visits to Works in progress472834536066............15816
Miscellaneous Inspections68...70...71............134343
UNWHOLESOME FOOD:—
Number of seizures made.................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:—
Cases Isolated1...1...1...............22
Cases Removed to Hospital20...19...16...............555
Rooms Disinfected28...25...24...............777
NEW DRAINAGE:—
Number of Plans Passed...20...21..................411
New Pipe Drains (feet)36296030124040...............43066
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied6...5...7...............188