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Marylebone 1927

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

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Table: The total inspections made by each inspector, and the number of nuisanaes of various kindsdetected and remedied, are set out in the following table:-

The total inspections made by each inspector, and the number of nuisanaes of various kinds

detected and remedied, are set out in the following table:-

No. 1No. 2Districts.No. 6Borough
No. 3No. 4No. 5
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated remedied21017326425974761,056
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings sash cords, etc., repaired250191182724658799
Overcrowding abated———————
Illegal occupation of underground rooms dealt with---5218
Water closet defects remedied1681231291636578726
Water closets erected211-21117
Urinal defects remedied-----11
Soilpipes and ventilating shafts repaired or renewed-222529
Yard defects remedied10174621175129434
Waste pipe defects remedied321510761080
Water cistern defects remedied172619818—88
Rubbish, manure, etc., accumn
lations removed94343010693
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed3622315154149
Drains relaid or amended31101582115100
Drains cleared12171010453
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed211120891019-
Water supply to houses reinstated11-3--5
Roofs and gutters repaired11711889731650463
Area defects remedied2-2954519163
Wash-house defects remedied12678100852217428
Animal nuisances abated3-1824128
Basement defects remedied32192117—80
Stables cleansed or re4--3——7
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house3--81113
Miscellaneous nuisances abated380160422142235853
Verminous rooms cleansed65831331053131448
Workshops dirty, overcrowded, unventilated or defective, remedied42191034280

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Proceedings in Connection with Nuisances.
The number of summonses issued in respect of nuisances during the year
was three.
Particulars with regard to each of the cases are given below and it should
be noted that in each instance, though there were contraventions of provisions
contained in other acts and by-laws, the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, is
the only enactment mentioned in the list.
Premises.
Offence.
(Proceedings taken under the Public
Health (London) Act 1891, etc.)
Result.
55, Bell Street.
Failure to comply with a statutory
notice to execute certain sanitary
requirements.
Order made to abate
nuisances within 21
days. Fined £3 10s. Od.
and £7 7 s. Od. costs.
55a, Bell Street.
Do.
Was committed to
Holloway Prison 24.1.28
for 13 days imprisonment,in
default of fines
and costs. She served 3
65b, Bell Street.
Do.
days, and then paid
£9 0s. 10d.