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Marylebone 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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In respect of these, 678 notices (intimations, 572; statutory notices, 106) 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 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.
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 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. | Six Demolition orders were made. Six houses were demolished. Eight Demolition orders adjourned. Two appeals heard, one of which still pending. |
| and 670 Tenements in Blocks of Buildings | after letters to Owners | ||||||
| 572 | |||||||
| in respect of which Notices (Intimations and Statutory) were served. | |||||||
| Intimation 572 | |||||||
| Statutory 106 | |||||||
| 678 |
Houses Let in Lodgings.
At the end of 1913 the total number of houses on the register was 1213.
During the year under review no additions were made to the list; the only
change being the removal of 6 houses on account of demolition. The actual
number on the register at the end of 1914 was, therefore, 1207.
All of these were systematically inspected, and in all 7346 visits were paid:
2010 notices relating to cleansing and other defects were served, all of which were
complied with without the necessity for further proceedings arising.
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.