[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough] page 74

Marylebone 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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tenement houses under the London County Counc1l (General Powers) Act, of 1907.
The number of such not1ces for 1910 was 136, and 1n 1909, 49.
The 77 not1ces respect1ng verm1nous rooms were served under powers granted by
the London County Counc1l (General Powers) Act, 1904, and referred to 325 rooms.
The number of not1ces for 1910 was 70, and for 1909, 24.
1n 1,593 cases the nu1sances were abated by the persons respons1ble for the1r
removal on the serv1ce of a prel1m1nary (1nt1mat1on) not1ce of the ex1stence of the
defect. The number of cases 1n wh1ch the necess1ty to resort to legal proceed1ngs to
enforce compl1ance w1th statutory not1ces was 10. The table on page 75 g1ves the
deta1ls of the cases so dealt w1th, the act or by.laws under wh1ch the proceed1ngs were
taken and the results.

Table: The total 1nspect1ons made by each 1nspector, and the number of nu1sances of var1ous k1nds detected and remed1ed are set forth 1n the follow1ng table.

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The total 1nspect1ons made by each 1nspector, and the number of nu1sances of var1ous k1nds detected and remed1ed are set forth 1n the follow1ng table.

	D1str1cts.					Borough.
	No. 1.	No. 2.	No. 3.	No. 4.	No. 5
1nspect1ons from Journal	3350	3390	3831	3256	3249	17076
Houses damp, d1rty or d1lap1dated remed1ed	119	207	181	149	69	725
Doors, w1ndows, floors, ce1l1ngs, sash cords, etc., repa1red	50	54	31	14	6	55
Overcrowd1ng abated	8	35	28	12	2	85
1llegal occupat1on of underground rooms dealt w1th	3	18	59	126	39	245
Water closet defects remed1ed	97	185	113	107	77	579
Water closets erected	2	1	4	16	14	37
Ur1nal defects remed1ed	1	2	5	3	4	15 58
So1lp1pe and vent1lat1ng shaft repa1red or renewed	7	10	23	18	.	15 58
Yard defects remed1ed	102	119	94	44	35	394
Waste p1pe defects remed1ed	2	11	13	13	9	48
Water c1stern defects remed1ed	23	65	20	24	13	145
Rubb1sh, manure, etc., accumulat1ons removed	4	22	58	20	29	133
Dung or dust receptacles repa1red or renewed	73	54	64	46	17	254
Dra1ns rela1d or amended ...	97	82	135	87	62	463
Dra1ns cleared	11	32	10	15	14	82
Ra1nwater p1pes repa1red or renewed	22	25	18	15	23	103
Water supply to houses re1nstated	1	3	7	2	—	13
Roofs and gutters repa1red	51	84	31	22	22	210
Area defects remed1ed	.	30	58	40	36	164
Wash.house defects remed1ed	93	124	87	77	20	401
An1mal nu1sances abated	3	14	3	5	2	27
Basement defects remed1ed	3	26	24	7	6	66
Stables cleansed or repa1red	.	3	3	.	—	6
Water supply la1d on to upper storeys of house	50	156	57	45	19	327
M1scellaneous nu1sances abated	13	33	—	1	4	51
Verm1nous rooms cleansed	90	90	58	58	29	325
Workshops damp, d1rty or d1lap1dated remed1ed ...	2	14	23	60	39	138

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Table: The total 1nspect1ons made by each 1nspector, and the number of nu1sances of var1ous k1nds detected and remed1ed are set forth 1n the follow1ng table.