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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Common Lodging Houses.
The following table contains all the necessary particulars with regard to these. A number of visits were paid from time to time to the premises by the District Inspectors.
| Address. | Registered Owner. | Registered number of Occupants. |
|---|---|---|
| 54, Bell Street | Alfred Crew | 55 men |
| 2, Burne Street and Lisson Street | W. Bramwell Booth | 499 men |
| 6, Charlotte Place | Emma Lawson | 7 women |
| 29, Circus Street | William H. G. Richardson | 100 men |
| 47, Hereford Street | Alfred Wilson | 19 men |
| 45, Lisson Street | Alfred Wilson | 35 men |
| 3, Little Grove Street | Thomas Levy | 100 men |
| 12 & 13, Molyneux Street | Frederick Charles Walters | 146 men |
| "Portman House" (late Shaftesbury Institute), Harrow and Union Streets, Lisson Grove | Archibald Nicol Macnicoll | 102 women |
| 7, Venables Street | Arthur James Howell | 56 men |
| 25, Venables Street | Arthur James Howell | 18 men |
| 1,028 men | ||
| 109 women | ||
| Total | 1,137 |
Overcrowding.
The number of dwelling rooms found to be overcrowded during the year was 89
as against 85 in 1912.
In every case discovered a notice was served, and in all a remedy was found.
In finding a remedy the inspector who discovered the nuisance gave all the assistance
possible to those upon whom the notice had been served.
As in previous years many of the cases of overcrowding were brought to light
as a result of complaints, the majority of which were made by the Visitors of the
St. Marylebone Health Society or School Care Committee. Some as usual were
anonymous and quite clearly spiteful. A number of the complaints proved on
investigation to be without foundation.
Underground Rooms.
The total number of underground rooms dealt with in 1913 was 157.
The total number of notices served was 73. Of the rooms to which these
related 39 were occupied separately in contravention of Section 96 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, the remaining 34 being illegally used as sleeping rooms,
as they failed to comply with the regulations made by the Council under Section 17
(7) of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909.