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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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GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following is a list of the special premises in the Borough requiring constant
supervision:—
Milk Premises 230
Cowhouses 5
Slaughterhouses 7
Offensive Trades 2
Ice Cream Premises 110
Bakehouses 75
Restaurant and Dining Room Kitchens 116
Hotel Kitchens 42
Coffee Shops, Pastrycooks and Tea Rooms 76
Houses Let in Lodgings 1001
Workshops and Workplaces 4509
Total 6173
A statement, with special reference to the list set out above, is contained in the following tables:—
| Number of places. | Number of inspections, 1912. | Number of notices, 1912. | Number of prosecutions, 1912. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1911. | Added in 1912. | Re-moved in 1912. | On register at end of 1912. | ||||
| Milk premises | 200 | 45 | 15 | 230 | 615 | 15 | - |
| Cowsheds | 5 | — | — | 5 | 50 | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 7 | — | — | 7 | 129 | —I | — |
| Offensive trade premises | 2 | — | — | 2 | 27 | — | — |
| Ice cream premises | 96 | 15 | 7 | 104 | I20 | 20 | — |
| Houses let in lodgings | 1052 | 278 | 329 | 1001 | 7774 | 1881 | — |
Mortuary. Removed by
Inspectors.
Number of bodies received 292 —
Number of Infectious bodies received — 2
Disinfection.
Number of rooms disinfected 824
Number of Articles disinfected 11355
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
Adults. Children.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Total.
Number of persons cleansed 5,818 2,384 740 1,138 10,080