Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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The total inspections made by each inspector, and the number of nuisances of various kinds detected and remedied, are set forth in the following table :—
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No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Borough | |
Total Inspections | 3,388 | 2,643 | 3,548 | 3,693 | 3,137 | 3,665 | 20,074 |
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated remedied | 319 | 255 | 327 | 322 | 236 | 130 | 1,589 |
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings sash cords, etc., repaired | 417 | 287 | 370 | 154 | 162 | 98 | 1,488 |
Overcrowding abated | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 4 |
Illegal occupation of underground rooms dealt with | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 6 |
Water closet defects remedied | 230 | 205 | 283 | 254 | 127 | 128 | 1,227 |
Water closets erected | 2 | - | 2 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 54 |
Urinal defects remedied | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Soilpipe and ventilating shaft repaired or renewed | 5 | - | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
Yard defects remedied | 163 | 122 | 114 | 168 | 102 | 59 | 728 |
Waste pipe defects remedied | 49 | 20 | 55 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 190 |
Water cistern defects remedied | 22 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 102 |
Rubbish, manure, etc., accumulations removed | 5 | 4 | 46 | 46 | 25 | 17 | 143 |
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed | 67 | 46 | 89 | 108 | 41 | 15 | 366 |
Drains relaid or amended | 31 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 26 | 22 | 147 |
Drains cleared | 19 | 52 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 109 |
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed | 35 | 61 | 35 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 191 |
Water supply to houses reinstated | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Roofs and gutters repaired | 165 | 134 | 137 | 103 | 88 | 78 | 705 |
Area defects remedied | 12 | - | 8 | 112 | 10 | 16 | 150 |
Wash-house defects remedied | 192 | 122 | 258 | 128 | 58 | 75 | 833 |
Animal nuisances abated | 3 | - | 5 | 13 | 2 | - | 23 |
Basement defects remedied | 1 | - | 7 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 61 |
Stables cleansed or repaired | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house | 12 | - | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | 23 |
Miscellaneous nuisance abated | 558 | 248 | 208 | 134 | 56 | 50 | 1,254 |
Verminous rooms cleaned | 109 | 155 | 122 | 193 | 84 | 80 | 734 |
Workshops dirty, overcrowded, unventilated or defective, remedied | - | 3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 49 |