London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Disinfection.
Number of rooms disinfected 1,267
Number of articles disinfected 39,437
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
Adults. Children.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Total.
Number of persons cleansed 3,323 1.672 589 1,091 6.675
Bakehouses.
Number on register at end of 1915 71
Number above ground 10
Number underground 61
Number of inspections 140
Number of Notices. Intimations, 8 8
Number of prosecutions Nil
Places where Food is prepared for Sale (excluding Bakehouses).
Number on Register at end of 1915 270
Number of Inspections 742
Number of Notices 63
House to House Inspections.
Number of Inspections Houses 373
Number of Notices issued Intimations 223
Statutory Notices Nil
Number of Prosecutions Nil
House Refuse.
Number of Inspections 6,926
Number of Old Brick Receptacles abolished 25
Number of New Metal Receptacles provided 158
Number of Complaints of Non-removal received 101
Number of Letters received re Removal 332
Number of Refusals of Occupiers to have House Refuse removed 391
Number of Notices served—Intimations, 113; Statutory Notices, 11 124
Number of Prosecutions Nil