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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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100
REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK
Month ending 31st August, 1907.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
| District Inspectors. | Mr. E. Lumley, Dust Inspector. | 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. | ||||||||
| Inspections. | Dwelling Houses, &c. | 35 | ... | 37 | ... | 34 | ... | 106 |
| Tenements | 17 | ... | 15 | ... | 27 | ... | 59 | |
| Underground Dwellings | 11 | ... | 12 | ... | 13 | ... | 36 | |
| Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses | 12 | ... | 9 | ... | 6 | ... | 27 | |
| Slaughter Houses | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | |
| Yards, Stables, and Mews | 34 | ... | 45 | ... | 40 | ... | 119 | |
| Smoke Shafts | 10 | ... | 15 | ... | 18 | 16 | 59 | |
| Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Refuse Receptacles | 6 | ... | 5 | ... | 7 | 25 | 43 | |
| Enquiries re removal of refuse | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 256 | 256 | |
| Removal of Bodies to Mortuary | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
| Visits to Works in progress | 48 | 219 | 65 | 230 | 60 | ... | 622 | |
| . Miscellaneous Inspections | 46 | 130 | 45 | 126 | 50 | 5 | 402 | |
| UNWHOLESOME FOOD Number of seizures made | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE:— Cases Isolated | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Cases Removed to Hospital | 11 | ... | 25 | ... | 23 | ... | 59 | |
| Rooms Disinfected | 16 | ... | 26 | ... | 28 | ... | 70 | |
| NEW DRAINAGE Number of Plans Passed | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| New Pipe Drains (feet) | ... | 1320 | ... | 1540 | ... | ... | 286 | |
| Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied | 5 | ... | 4 | ... | 6 | ... | 15 | |
| Food and Drugs Aet. ADULTERATION. Samples collected for Analysis | 9 | ... | 40 | ... | 27 | ... | 76 | |
| Correspondence, Legal Procedure, &c. Complaints received | 21 | ... | 27 | ... | 24 | 28 | 100 | |
| Letters and Intimations relating to Abatement of Nuisances | 28 | ... | 29 | ... | 29 | 20 | 106 | |
| Statutory Notices Served | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | ||
| Proceedings taken before Magistrates | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Reports made to Medical Officer ot Health | 32 | 31 | 37 | 32 | 30 | 33 | 195 | |