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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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121
REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK.
Month ending 30th November, 1906.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

Table:

District Inspectors.Mr. K. Lumley, Dust Inspector, jMiss S. W. Limont.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.
Public Health (London) Act. Dwelling Houses, &c.32...27...30...............89
Inspections.Tenements50...25...31...............106
Underground Dwellings10...12...20...............42
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow House8.........3...............11
Slaughter Houses4...........................4
Yards, Stables, and Mews55...65...60...............180
Smoke Shafts........................10...10
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses.................................
Refuse Receptacles8...6...715............36
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse...............200............200
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary.................................
Visits to Works in progress482494556050...............956
Miscellaneous Inspections461645236485158...3098682
UNWHOLESOME FOOD Number of seizures made.................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:— Cases Isolated......1...4...............5
Cases Removed to Hospital18...29...8...............55
Rooms Disinfected26...31...20...............77
NEW DRAINAGE :— Number of Plans Passed.................................
New Pipe Drains (feet)...1560...1756..................3316
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied7...5...8...............20