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Marylebone 1925

[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 :—

Districts.
No. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6Borough
Total Inspections3,3882,6433,5483,6933,1373,66520,074
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated remedied3192553273222361301,589
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings sash cords, etc., repaired417287370154162981,488
Overcrowding abated--2--24
Illegal occupation of underground rooms dealt with--22-26
Water closet defects remedied2302052832541271281,227
Water closets erected2-21952654
Urinal defects remedied--11--2
Soilpipe and ventilating shaft repaired or renewed5-1921128
Yard defects remedied16312211416810259728
Waste pipe defects remedied49205543149190
Water cistern defects remedied2242123248102
Rubbish, manure, etc., accumulations removed5446462517143
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed6746891084115366
Drains relaid or amended31926332622147
Drains cleared195251698109
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed35613528239191
Water supply to houses reinstated--11--2
Roofs and gutters repaired1651341371038878705
Area defects remedied12-81121016150
Wash-house defects remedied1921222581285875833
Animal nuisances abated3-5132-23
Basement defects remedied1-722191261
Stables cleansed or repaired4-----4
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house12-461-23
Miscellaneous nuisance abated55824820813456501,254
Verminous rooms cleaned1091551221938480734
Workshops dirty, overcrowded, unventilated or defective, remedied-3310181549