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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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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 40,
as against 89 in 1913 and 85 in 1912.
In every case discovered a notice was served, and in all a remedy was found.
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 19 L4 was 27, a considerably
smaller number than in any recent year. For the reduction the active work
done in the past and the supervision now exercised by the staff of the department
are responsible.
The total number of notices served was 17. Of the rooms to which these
related 4 were occupied separately in contravention of Section 96 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, the remaining 13 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.
Many were discovered as a result of the work of the house-to-house inspector,
and a report with regard to each was submitted to and considered by the
Public Health Committee before notices were served.