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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 1925

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

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The following report which the Medical Officer of Health is required to make
to the Secretary of State for the Home Department in accordance with the provisions
of Section 132 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, gives, in addition
to other information, the total number of defects found and of notices served.

Table: 1.—INSPECTION.

1.—INSPECTION.

PremisesNumber of
InspectionsWritten NoticesProsecutions
(1)(2)(3)(4)
Factories11518-
(Including Factory Laundries) Workshops145066-
(Including "Workshop Laundries) Workplaces162460-
(Other than Outworkers' Premises included in Part 3 of this Report)
Total3189144-

Table: 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

ParticularsNumber of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions
FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts—
Want of cleanliness3737--
Want of ventilation1010--
Overcrowding22--
Want of drainage of floors----
Other nuisances5757--
Sanitary accommodationinsufficient1010--
unsuitable or defective4040--
not separate for sexes2424--
Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101)----
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100)66--
Other offences----
(Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report)
Total186186--