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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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A Rat Week was held during the year from the 1st to the 8th November,
1926, and attracted a considerable amount of attention to the subject. Great
assistance was obtained from the Borough Engineer 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.
The following list sets out the majority of the premises and occupations of the
class referred to in the heading to this part of the report and contains a certain
amount of information with regard to
amount of information with regard to registration, inspection, etc. Underground rooms and underground sleeping rooms, though controlled, the former under the Public Health (London) Act,
| Number of places | Number . of inspections 1926 | Number °fnotices 1926 | Number of prosecutions. 1926 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On register at end of 192f | Added in 1926 | [ Removed in 1926 | On register at end of 1926 | ||||
| Milk premises | 5 | — | |||||
| Cowsheds | — | — | — | — | |||
| Slaughterhouses | 1 | — | — | ||||
| Offensive trade premises | — | 3 | — | — | |||
| Ice cream premises | - | — | — | ||||
| Butter and Margarine Manufacturers and Dealers | _ | __ | — | ||||
| Bakehouses | — | ||||||
| Fried Fish Shops | 1 | 5 | — | ||||
| Fish Curers | 5 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Houses let in lodgings | — | ||||||
| Common lodging houses | — | — | — | — | |||
| Underground rooms | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Underground sleeping rooms | |||||||
A.—BUSINESS PREMISES.
Milk Premises.—The number of premises upon which milk is sold is 127.
This is 17 less than in 1925,5 having been added and 22 removed; in 1914 there
were 237 on the register.
Cow Sheds.—The only cow shed remaining in the borough is situated at 42a,
Clipstone Street, and is licensed for 10 cows.
During the year regular and frequent visits of inspection were made and
attention directed at the time to any matters that seemed to require it. The need
for serving notices did not arise.
Slaughter Houses.—At the beginning of the year the number of licensed
premises of this class was three, but in October the L.C.C., which is the licensing