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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Mortuary.
Number of bodies received 190
Number of Infectious bodies received Nil
Disinfection.
Number of rooms disinfected 821
Number of articles disinfected 7,268
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
Adults. Children.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Total
Number of persons cleansed 2,803 848 451 2,522 6,624
Bakehouses.
Number on Register at end of 1926 54
Number above ground 5
Number underground 49
Number of Inspections 145
Number of Notices 12
Number of Prosecutions Nil
Places where Food is Prepared for Sale (excluding Bakehouses).
Number on Register at end of 1926 296
Number of Inspections 1,092
Number of Notices 21
Number of Prosecutions Nil
House to House Inspections.
Number of Inspections Houses 1,071
Tenements 255
Number of Notices issued Intimations 1,060
Statutory Notices 92
Number of Prosecutions Nil
House Refuse.
Number of Inspections 4,949
Number of Old Brick Receptacles abolished Nil
Number of New Metal Receptacles provided 473
Number of Notices issued. Intimations 531
Number of Statutory Notices 44
Number of Prosecutions Nil