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Marylebone 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Legal Proceedings in Connection with Nuisances.
The number of summonses issued during the year was 6.
Particulars with regard to each of the cases are given below and it should be noted that in each instance, though there were contraventions of provisions contained in other acts and by-laws, the Public Heath (London) Act, 1891, is the only enactment mentioned in the list.
| Premises. | Offence. Proceedings taken under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, &c. | Result. |
|---|---|---|
| 1, East Cottages | Failure to comply with a statutory notice to execute certain sanitary requirements. | Orders were made for the necessary works to be executed within 28 days and £l 1s. costs was allowed on each summons. |
| 3, Do. | Do. | |
| 4, Do. | Do. | |
| 5, Do. | Do. | |
| 6, Do. | Do. | |
| 7, Do. | Do. |
Black Smoke Nuisances.—Prior to the war a regular system of inspection of
chimneys in the Borough with a view to discovering and as far as possible dealing
with such as were found to be a source of nuisance was established and a special
report was submitted to the Public Health Committee at each meeting setting out
the number of observations made, and nuisances discovered.
During the war these practices were to an extent discontinued and during 1919
on account of the coal difficulty it was found to be impracticable to re-establish the
system. The number of complaints as to nuisance from smoke was trivial, i.e., three,
and comparatively few regular observations were made. As matters became more
normal the old plan of issuing instructions each week to the inspectors to observe
and report upon a definite number of chimneys in his district will no doubt become
possible. In the meantime there are other matters which appear to call more
urgently for attention.
PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS CONTROLLED BY BY-LAWS AND
REGULATIONS.
The following list sets out the majority of the premises and occupations of the
class referred to in the heading to this part of the report, and contains a certain
amount of information with regard to registration, inspection, etc. Underground
rooms and underground sleeping rooms, though controlled, the former under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the latter under special regulations made by
the Council in 1910, are not registered.