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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 28th February, 1906.PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK Month ending 28th February, 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-Inspector.
Public Health (London) Act.
Inspection.Dwelling Houses, &c.27...20...28...............75
Tenements .22...25...41...............88
Underground Dwellings19...20...37...............76
Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses11.........8...............19
Slaughter Houses2...........................2
Yards, Stables, and Mews32...35...10...............77
Smoke Shafts........................10212
Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses........................1...1
Refuse Receptacles6.........930............45
Enquiries re non-removal of refuse...............320............320
Removal of Bodies to Mortuary.................................
Visits to Works in progress3635425470113.........1881024
Miscellaneous Inspections \43...45...6920......139144460
UNWHOLESOME FOOD:-
Number of seizures made ..................................
INFECTIOUS DISEASE:—
Cases Isolated.......1...2...............3
Cases Removed to Hospital .7...9...11...............27
Rooms Disinfected .14...16...25...............55
NEW DRAINAGE:—
Number of Plans Passed...16...3..................19
New Pipe Drains (feet)...1736...1760..................3496
Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied7...3...4...............14