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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 July, 1906.PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 31st July, 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, Temporary Inspr. No. 5 District.
Public Health (London) Act.
Inspections.Dwelling Houses, &c.48...25...27...............100
Tenements66...30...40...............136
Underground Dwellings12...6...20...............38
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses8...1...4...............13
Slaughter Houses2...1.....................3
Yards, Stables, and Mews46...35...50...............131
Smoke Shafts............1.........261239
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses.................................
Refuse Receptacles6...5...620............37
Enquiriesre non-removal of refuse...............300............300
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary2...1...1...............4
Visits to Works in progress702672023047............11645
Miscellaneous Inspections843830523115.........184434
UNWHOLESOME FOOD:-
Number of seizures made.................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:—
Cases Isolated4...2.....................6
Cases Removed to Hospital24...13...19...............56
Rooms Disinfected36...13...26...............75
NEW DRAINAGE:-
Number of Plans Passed...11...19..................30
New Pipe Drains (feet)361260...96025...............2281
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied12...10...10...............32