London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 91 | 11 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 3,330 | 303 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 659 | 117 | — |
| Total | 4,080 | 431 | — |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pound. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 218 | 218 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | 15 | 15 | — | - | |
| Overcrowding | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 79 | 79 | 1 | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 61 | 61 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | 14 | 14 | — | — | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 407 | 407 | 1 | — | |