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Address.
*3, Little Grove Street
*12, Molyneux Street
*13, Molyneux Street
*7, Venables Street
*25. Venables Street ...
Registered Owner.
Thomas Levy
Frederick Charles Walters
Frederick Charles Walters
Arthur James Howell
Arthur James Howell
Registered
number of
occupants.
100 men
17 men
129 men
56 men
18 men
1,249 men
109 women
Total 1,35 8
* Certificates granted under Section 35 Housing. Town Planning. etc., Act. 1909.
House to House Inspection.
The duty of carrying out the work of house-to-house inspection. called for
by Section 17 of the Housing. Town Planning. etc. Act. 1909. under the Medical
Officer of Health,was during the year definitely entrusted to one of the inspectors
(Hodges). For his use in carrying out his inspections. special headed slips were
prepared and the record of his work kept in two house-to-house inspection
books. one relating to North and the other to South Marylebone. the
dividing line between the distiicts being Marylebone Road. These books
were produced for the inspection of the Public Health Committee at each
fortnightly meeting after the work commenced in October.
At the end of the year the number of streets examined by Inspector Hodges
was 10. The actual number of houses was 494 (separate houses 327 ; tenements
in blocks of buildings 167). In all 1.070 inspections—as against 264 in 1909—
were made and 521 notices(Intimations. 368; Statutory Notices. 153) were issued.
Only in one instance was it necessary to prosecute for failure to carry out the
requirements of a notice.
In an order (Housing—Inspection of Districts—Regulations. 1910) issued
by the Local Government Board. the Medical Officer of Health is required to
" include in his annual report information and particulars in tabular form in
regard to the number of dwelling.houses inspected under and for the purposes of
Section 17 of the Act of 1909. the number of dwelling.houses which on inspection
were considered to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be
unfit for human habitation. the number of representations made to the Local
Authority with a view to the making of closing orders. the number of closing
orders made. the number of dwelling.houses the defects in which were remedied
without the making of closing orders. the number of dwelling.houses which after