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Marylebone 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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A Rat Week of the series was held during the year from the 2nd to the 7th
November, 1925, and attracted a considerable amount of attention to the subject.
Great assistance was obtained from the Borough Surveyor and his staff, and also
from a number of large firms in the Borough. The result, it is safe to state,
was a considerable reduction in the rat population of the sewers and other places
affected by these vermin.
PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS CONTROLLED BY BY-LAWS
AND REGULATIONS.
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.
| Number of places | Number of inspections 1925 | Number of notices 1925 | Number of prosecutions, 1925 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 1924 | Added in 1925 | Removed in 1925 | On register at end of 1925 | ||||
| Milk premises | 143 | 5 | 4 | 148 | 360 | 5 | - |
| Cowsheds | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 20 | - | - |
| Slaughterhouses | 3 | - | - | 3 | 51 | - | - |
| Offensive trade premises | 2 | - | - | 2 | 63 | - | - |
| Ice cream premises | 120 | 6 | 8 | 118 | 210 | 12 | - |
| Butter and Margarine Manufacturers and Dealers | 16 | - | - | 16 | 41 | - | - |
| Bakehouses | 67 | - | 1 | 66 | 136 | 6 | - |
| Fried Fish Shops | 22 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 90 | 3 | - |
| Fish Curers | 5 | - | - | 5 | 53 | 1 | 1 |
| Houses let in lodgings | 1,115 | - | - | 1,079 | 13,564 | 2,462 | - |
| Common lodging houses | 5 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
A.—BUSINESS PREMISES.
Milk Premises.—The number of premises upon which milk is sold is 148.
This is 5 more than in 1924, 9 having been added and 4 removed; in 1919 there
were 183 on the register.
Cow Sheds.—The only cowshed remaining in the Borough is situated at 42a,
Clipstone Street and is licensed for 10 cows.
In 1919 the number of cows licensed to be kept in the Borough was 105,
though, in fact, only 16 were kept.
During the year regular and frequent visits of inspection were made to the
premises and attention directed at the time to any matters that seemed to require
it. The need for serving notices did not arise.
The reduction in the numbers of cows kept in sheds began during the war,
several of the cowkeepers having found it impossible, or at least impracticable,
to face the increase in the cost of cows, the difficulty in obtaining fodder and