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Marylebone 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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i.e., was considerably more than doubled, is perhaps sufficient
argument in favour of this change. In addition, however, one
may draw attention to the fact that the larger staff of Inspectors
and the re-arrangement of their duties so that more actual work
per man will be the result, is bound to considerably increase
the clerical work in the department.
Finally, your Committee decided to appoint Dr. J. R. Prior,
Medical Officer of Health and Medical Officer to the Education
Committee, Finchley Urban District Council, as Deputy Medical
Officer of Health, to take charge of the Department during the
absence of your Medical Officer of Health. I wish here to record
my appreciation of the thorough and efficient manner in which
Dr. Prior has discharged those duties.
SANITARY INSPECTION.
The following special premises requiring constant supervision exist in the Borough :—
| Milk Premises | 343 |
| Cowhouses | 5 |
| Slaughterhouses | 10 |
| Offensive Trades | 2 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 84 |
| Bakehouses | 78 |
| Restaurants and Dining Room (Kitchens) | 68 |
| Hotel Kitchens | 27 |
| Coffee Shops, Pastrycooks, and Tea Rooms | 145 |
| Houses let in Lodgings | 758 |
| Workshops | 2,984 |
In addition to these there are many places such as Mews,
Butchers', Fishmongers' and Greengrocers' Shops, Outworkers,
etc., which must, year after year, be frequently and continuously
inspected.
A record of inspectorial work with special reference to these
premises is contained in the following table, so far as such work
is capable of being expressed within the four corners of such a
statement.