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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 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: WORK OF SANITARY INSPECTORS.The following summary shows the number of inspections made by each of the inspectors, and the nuisances detected by them :—

WORK OF SANITARY INSPECTORS.

The following summary shows the number of inspections made by each of the inspectors, and the nuisances detected by them :—

Districts.
No. i.No. 2.No. 3.No. 4No. 5.Total.
Total Inspections5178421144988910401226809
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated remedied755294203124
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings, sash cords, etc., repaired2915282276
Overcrowding abated212005
Illegal occupation of underground rooms dealt with01131015
Water closet defects remedied43641143211264
Water closets erected33100034
Urinal defects remedied6231012
Soilpipe and ventilating shaft repaired or renewed392139366
Yard defects remedied30154792103
Waste pipe defects remedied8768130
Water cistern defects remedied134910440
Rubbish, manure, etc., accumulations removed82170240123
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed1016281172173
Drains relaid or amended26387448
Drains cleared98260043
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed1010133238
Water supply to houses reinstated53150225
Roofs and gutters repaired47384350133
Area defects remedied2517457094
Wash-house defects remedied396221068
Animal nuisances abated ...002103
Basement defects remedied37393052
Stables cleansed or repaired430007
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house143019
Miscellaneous nuisances abated26307371137
Verminous rooms cleansed323251052
Workshops, damp, dirty or dilapidated, remedied ...92241238