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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on owners to provide a proper and sufficient supply of water to the upper storeys of
tenement houses under the London County Council (General Powers) Act, of 1907).
The number of such notices for 1911 was 141, and for 1910, 136.
The 47 notices respecting verminous rooms were served under powers granted
by the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, and referred to 77
rooms. The number of notices for 1911 was 77, and for 1910, 70.
In 1,593 cases the nuisances were abated by the persons responsible for their
removal after receipt of a preliminary (intimation) notice advising them of the
existence of the defect. The number of cases in which the necessity to resort to
legal proceedings to enforce compliance with statutory notices was three. The table
on page 90 gives the details of the cases so dealt with, the Acts or By-laws under
which the proceedings were taken, and the results.
The total inspections made by each inspector, and the number of nuisances of various kinds detected and remedied, are set forth in the following table.
| Districts. | Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. I. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | ||
| Total Inspections | ||||||
| Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated remedied | ||||||
| Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, sash cords, etc., repaired | ||||||
| Overcrowding abated | ||||||
| Illegal occupation of underground rooms dealt with | ||||||
| Water closet defects remedied | ||||||
| Water closets erected | ||||||
| Urinal defects remedied | ||||||
| Soilpipe and ventilating shaft repaired or renewed | ||||||
| Yard defects remedied | 401 | |||||
| Waste pipe defects remedied | ||||||
| Water cistern defects remedied | ||||||
| Rubbish, manure, etc., accumulations removed | ||||||
| Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed | ||||||
| Drains relaid or amended | ||||||
| Drains cleared | ||||||
| Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed | ||||||
| Water supply to houses reinstated | ||||||
| Roofs and gutters repaired | ||||||
| Area defects remedied | ||||||
| Wash-house defects remedied | ||||||
| Animal nuisances abated | - | |||||
| Basement defects remedied | ||||||
| Stables cleansed or repaired | — | 15 | ||||
| Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house | ||||||
| Miscellaneous nuisances abated | ||||||
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 341 | |||||
| Workshops damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied | ||||||