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Marylebone 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, Etc., ACT, 1909.
Premises reported or represented during 1912, and the two previous years:— Housing and Town Planning.
| 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8a, Short Street. C.O. 7th Oct., 1910. Committee agree to premises being used as a store 21st Oct., 1910, and closing order determined. | |||
| 1, Cranmore Street | C.O. 7th Oct., 1910. | D.O. 24th March, 1911, void for informality. C.O.s again made 17th Nov., 1911 | Question of D.O. in abeyance. |
| 7, do. | |||
| 8, do. | |||
| 9, Providence Place | C.O.s made 18th Nov., 1910, held over 2nd Dec.,1910. | C.O.s withdrawn 27th Jan., 1911. Premises voluntarily closed 10th March, 1911 | Works executed and completed. Premises again occupied Dec., 1912. |
| 10, do. | |||
| 11, do. | |||
| 12, do. | |||
| 13, do. | |||
| 14, do. | |||
| 23, Burne Street, cottage rear of. C.O. 2nd Dec., 1910. | D.O. made 14th July, 1911, demolished 17th Nov., 1911 | ||
| 24, Burne Street, cottage rear of. C.O. 2nd Dec., 1910 | D.O. made 14th July, 1911, demolished 1st Dec., 1911 | ||
| 6, Harrow Street, cottage rear of. C.O. 18th Nov., 1910 | Premises rendered fit. C.O. withdrawn 19th May, 1911 | ||
| 12, Mitcham Street. C.O. 18th Nov., 1910 | Premises rendered fit. C.O. withdrawn 6th June, 1911 | ||
| 22, Huntsworth Mews | C.O. 24th Feb., 1911 | Work executed, C.O. determined 1st April, 1912. | |
| 22, Burne Street, cottage rear of | C.O. 24th Feb., 1911 (void for informality). Further C.O. 20th Oct., 1911 | D.O. 22nd March, 1912. Premises demolished 10th April, 1912. | |
| 5, Portman Street, 5 basement rooms | C.O. 25th Aug., 1911 | 5th July, 1912, Magistrate confirmedc.O.s 19th Sept.,1912. Not occupied | |
House-to-House Inspection.
As in the previous years this work was carried out in 1912 by Inspector
Hodges. The total number of streets examined was 36. The various districts into
which the Borough is divided, being visited in turn in order to give the district
inspectors an opportunity of following up and seeing all necessary remedies carried
out and completed. The actual number of houses inspected was 1,586 (separate
houses, 1,559 ; tenements in blocks, 427).
The inspections totalled 2,318, and the notices served 914 (intimations 760;
statutory notices, 154).
Records of all inspections were made in the house-to-house registers,
which were produced for the inspection of the Public Health Committee. In
addition a note was made on each agenda of the number of inspections made
in the preceding fortnight, and the estimated number of first inspections which
remained to be made.
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.