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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. (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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1159 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 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. | |
| and 427 Tenements in Blocks of Buildings | after letters to Owners | ||||||
| 760 | |||||||
| in respect of which Notices (Intimations and Statutory) were served. | |||||||
| Intimation 760 | In other cases overcrowding; vermin; defective sanitation and drainage, etc. | ||||||
| Statutory 154 | |||||||
| 914 |
*6th July, 1912. Magistrate confirmed Closing Order on 5 Underground Basement Rooms at
No. 5, Portman Street.
Sanitary Survey.
This survey, commenced in 1910, was completed early in 1912, the 42 streets
remaining at the end of 1911 soon being dealt with by the district inspectors.
The records obtained have already proved exceedingly useful in assisting the
Medical Officer of Health to determine the order in which streets shall be examined
by the house-to-house inspector. During the course of the survey also a number of
glaring defects were found, and steps to have these removed without delay were
immediately taken.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
At the end of 1911 the total number of houses on the register was 1,052, a figure
which included the 758 originally on the register prior to the passing of the new
By-laws in 1907, but which were re-examined and registered after these came into
force.
During 1912, 278 tenement houses, discovered in the course of house-to-house
examinations, were added, but in the revision of the register a number of houses which
had previously been registered were found to have altered in character and were
removed. In the course of clearing of areas for the purpose of rebuilding, a number
of registered houses were demolished. These also have been deleted from the register,
and as a result of the deletions caused in these two ways, the number of houses
actually on the register was reduced by 51, making a total of 1,001 at the end of the
year.
All premises on the register were systematically inspected during the year, and,
in all, 1,159 visits were paid. In 760 instances intimation notices relating to nuisances
were served, the majority of which were promptly complied with. In only 154
cases were Statutory Notices necessary.