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Marylebone 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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The houses inspected numbered 1503 (separate houses, 1058; tenements in blocks
445).
In respect of these 767 notices (intimations, 606; statutory notices, 161) were
served.
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 preceeding 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.
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1058 and 445 Tenements in Blocks of Buildings | 25 | 25 | 25 | 55 after letters to Owners 767 in respect of which Notices (Intimations and Statutory) were served. Intimation 606 Statutory 161 767 | Nil. | 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. In other cases overcrowding; vermin; defective sanitation and drainage, etc. | One Demolition order was made. One house was demolished. One appeal was lodged. No appeals were heard. |
Houses Let in Lodgings.
At the end of 1912 the total number of houses on the register was 1001, a figure
which included the 758 originally registered prior to the passing of the new by-laws
in 1907, but which were re-examined and registered after these came into force.
During the year under review 241 tenement houses discovered in the course of
house-to-house examinations were added, and 29 were removed, bringing the actual
number on the register at the end of 1913 up to 1213.
All of these were systematically inspected and in all 7970 visits were paid;
2030 notices relating to cleansing and other defects were served, all of which were
complied with without the necessity for further proceedings arising.
In connection with cleansing it should be mentioned that the inclusion in the
by-laws of 1912 of a provision calling for such work to be carried out in the month of
April proved most useful and considerably simplified the work of administration.