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Marylebone 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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House to House Inspection.
This work was steadily continued during the year by Inspector Hodges. The
total number of streets examined was 12. The actual number of houses was 694
(separate houses 588; tenements in blocks of buildings 106).
In all, 1,176 inspections were made and 661 notices (intimations, 495; statutory
notices, 166) were served.
The figures for 1910 were: inspections, 1,070; intimation notices, 368;
statutory notices, 153.
Careful records of the work done were kept in the house-to-house inspection
books, which were produced for the inspection of the Public Health Committee at each
fortnightly meeting.
The following tabular statement contains the particulars regarding the work
called for by the Local Government Board in The Housing, Inspection of District
Regulations, 1910.
HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, Etc., ACT, 1909. (Section 17.)
| No. of houses inspected. | No. unfit for habitation. | No. of Representations or Reports made to Local Authority. | No. of Closing Orders. | No. of houses in which defects were remedied without Closing Orders. | No. of houses made fit after Closing Orders | General character of defects found to exist. | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 588, and 106 Tenements in Blocks of Buildings | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 after letters to Owners 495 in respect of which Notices (Intimations and Statutory) were served. Intimation 495 Statutory 166 | 1 | In houses represented or reported defects in structure; want of through ventilation; insufficient light; sanitary conveniences improperly lighted and ventilated without the possibility of improvement; defective drainage, etc. In other cases overcrowding; vermin; defective £ sanitation and drainage, etc. | |
| .0000 | . | . | 661 |
* In 4 cases after taking legal advice it was decided that the original closing orders were void owing
to informality in complying with the Statute and fresh representations were made and closing orders
again served.
Sanitary Survey.
The results obtained by means of the Sanitary Survey commenced in 1910 were
so satisfactory that it was continued, and by the end of 1911 a considerable portion of
the Borough had been surveyed, only 42 streets remaining to be visited.