London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Mortuary.
Number of bodies received 170
Number of Infectious bodies received Nil
Disinfection.
Number of rooms disinfected 750
Number of articles disinfected 9,233
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
Adults. Children.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Total
Number of persons cleansed 2,969 1,099 196 2,317 6,491
Bakehouses.
Number on Register at end of 1925 66
Number above ground 6
Number underground 60
Number of Inspections 136
Number of Notices 6
Number of Prosecutions Nil
Places where Food is Prepared for Sale (excluding Bakehouses).
Number on Register at end of 1925 276
Number of Inspections 1,072
Number of Notices 23
Number of Prosecutions 1
House to House Inspections.
Number of Inspections Houses 952
Tenements 421
Number of Notices issued Intimations 1,180
Statutory Notices 190
Number of Prosecutions 1
House Refuse.
Number of Inspections 5,250
Number of Old Brick Receptacles abolished Nil
Number of New Metal Receptacles provided 447
Number of Notices issued. Intimations 418
Number of Statutory Notices 37
Number of Prosecutions Nil