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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | N umber. (2) |
|---|---|
| Workshops (Dressmaking, Tailoring, Millinery, Laundry, Wood Carving, &c.) | 3,098 |
| Coffee Shops and Restaurants | 237 |
| Bakehouses | 78 |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 3,413 |
| Class. (1) | Number. (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 8 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5.) | Notified bv H.M. Inspector | 41 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to k H.M. Inspector | 22 | |
| Other | — | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | — | |
| In use at the end of the year | 78 | |
NUISANCES.
Work of the Sanitary Inspectors.
The continued increase in the work of the Public Health Department is
well illustrated by the figures relating to the receipt of complaints, the
number of nuisances discovered by the Inspectors and the service of statutory
notices. During 1909 there were 1,899 complaints received, as compared
with 1,768 in 1908, an increase of 131. In respect of nuisances, 514 statutory
notices were served, being an increase of 234 over the previous year,
when 280 were sent out. Of the notices, 49 were served on owners to
provide a proper and sufficient supply of water to the upper storeys of
tenement houses under the London County Council (General Powers) Act of
1907. In 1,385 cases the nuisances were abated by the persons responsible on