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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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House-to-House Inspection. For a number of reasons, amongst them the
re-arrangement of work necessitated by enlistment of members of the staff, fewer
house-to-house inspections were made than in previous years.
The following table contains information with regard to the inspections carried out.
HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, Etc., ACT, 1909. (Section 17.)
| No. of houses inspected. | No. unfit lor 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 after letter to Owner 223 in respect of which Notices were served. Intimation 223 Statutory Nil. 224 | 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. | Appeal in case of 9-16, Montagu Mews South, decided in favour of appellant, and C. O's. subsequently quashed. |
Houses Let in Lodgings. At the end of 1915 the total number of houses on
the register was 1,169.
All of these were systematically inspected, and in all 3,033 visits were paid;
1,169 notices relating to cleansing and other defects were served, the majority were
complied with, but in 59 cases statutory notices were issued and the necessary works
executed without the necessity for further proceedings arising.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Total | 993 men 109 women | |
| 1,102 | ||