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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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74
REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK
Month ending 30th June, 1907.
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
| District Inspectors. | Mr. K. 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. CJorniot, No. 4 District. | Mr. G. Smith, No. 5 District. | ||||
| Public Health (London) Act. | ||||||||
| Inspections. | Dwelling Houses, &c. | 47 | ... | 45 | ... | 10 | ... | 102 |
| Tenements | 38 | ... | 25 | ... | 7 | ... | 70 | |
| Underground Dwellings ... | 10 | ... | 12 | ... | 9 | ... | 31 | |
| Dairies, Milk Shops, Cow Houses | 12 | ... | 5 | ... | 4 | ... | 21 | |
| Slaughter Houses | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | |||
| Yards, Stables, and Mews | 54 | ... | 55 | ... | 12 | ... | 121 | |
| Smoke Shafts | 10 | ... | 14 | ... | 10 | 12 | 46 | |
| Offensive Trades and Effluvia Businesses | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Refuse Receptacles | 6 | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | 15 | 28 | |
| Enquiries re removal of refuse ... | 10 | ... | 17 | ... | 225 | 252 | ||
| Removal of Bodies to Mortuary ... | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Visits to Works in progress | 124 | 310 | 125 | 270 | 50 | 879 | ||
| . Miscellaneous Inspections | 72 | 84 | 65 | 120 | 29 | 5 | 375 | |
| UNWHOLESOME FOOD | ||||||||
| Number of seizures made ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE:— | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Cases Isolated | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Cases Removed to Hospital | 13 | ... | 12 | ... | 25 | ... | 50 | |
| Rooms Disinfected | 20 | ... | 15 | 34 | ... | 69 | ||
| NEW DRAINAGE :— | ||||||||
| Number of Plans Passed | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| New Pipe Drains (feet) | ... | 1820 | ... | 1740 | ... | ... | 3560 | |
| Houses where defects in existing Drainage have been detected and remedied .. | 9 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ... | 34 | |
| Food and Drugs Act. | ||||||||
| ADULTERATION. Samples collected for Analysis | 24 | ... | 33 | ... | 6 | ... | 63 | |
| Correspondence, Legal Procedure, &e. | ||||||||
| Complaints received | 29 | ... | 61 | ... | 7 | 18 | 105 | |
| Letters and Intimations relating to Abatement of Nuisances | 36 | ... | 51 | ... | 12 | 10 | 109 | |
| Statutory Notices Served | 10 | ... | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 25 | |
| Proceedings taken before Magistrates | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Reports made to Medical Officer of Health | 72 | 64 | 75 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 281 | |