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Marylebone 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following statement shows the receipts for use of Public Conveniences for the year ended 31st March, 1911, compared with the previous year:-
| 1910.11. | 1909.10. | Increase. | Decrease. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||||
| Oxford Circus-Men's Department | 1,036 | 8 | 1 | 985 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 14 | 9 | . | ||
| ,, Women's ,, | 869 | 10 | 5 | 914 | 3 | 0 | . | 44 | 13 | 6 | ||
| Portland Road -Men's „ | 285 | 13 | 10 | 282 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| ,, Women's „ | 184 | 0 | 9 | 199 | 8 | 11 | . | 15 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Marylebone Road-Men's ,, | 217 | 3 | 5 | 208 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | . | ||
| „ Women's ,, | 151 | 15 | 6 | 153 | 12 | 8 | . | 1 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Foley Street-Men only | 125 | 16 | 4 | 113 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 11 | |||
| St. John's Wood Road-Men only | 115 | 8 | 6 | 116 | 17 | 8 | . | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
In the report for 1909 the hope was expressed that 1910 would see the
Marylebone Lane and Barrett Street overground urinals removed and an
underground convenience constructed in their stead. This desire to a large
extent has been gratified, the urinals mentioned having been removed and the
work of constructing a convenience underground in Barrett Street having
the following accommodation, viz., 4 W.Cs., 10 Urinal Stalls and 2 Lavatory
basins being well in hand at the end of the year.
The overground urinal removed from Marylebone Lane being in good
condition was re.fixed in Park Road in place of the old structure which was
obsolete in pattern and did not provide sufficient accommodation.
Factories and Workshops.
This portion of the annual report is made in compliance with the requirements
of Section 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, which imposes
on the Medical Officer of Health the duty of reporting each year on the
administration of the Act in workshops and workplaces. A copy of the annual
report, or of this portion, is to be sent to the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, along with the tables immediately following.
In the annual report for 1909, the fact was noted that each district inspector
was responsible for the workshops and workplaces in his own district, the women
inspectors being specially concerned with the places in which women are
employed. It was also pointed out that the greater part of the workshops lay
towards the eastern end of the southern half of the borough, taking Marylebone
Road as the dividing line, and that the inspector of this district therefore had
most of the work.
The appointment of additional inspectors and the division of the Borough
into 5 districts resulted in the allocation of two inspectors to this area, so that
it became possible to exercise a greater amount of supervision over the numerous
workshops there.