Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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GENERAL SUMMARY.
The following is a list of the special premises in the Borough requiring
constant supervision:—
Milk Premises 109
Cowhouses 1
Slaughterhouses 1
Offensive Trades 3
Ice Cream Premises 121
Bakehouses 54
Restaurant, Dining Room and Coffee Shop Kitchens 194
Hotel Kitchens 20
Pastrycooks and Tea Rooms 68
Fried Fish Shops 24
Fish Curers 5
Houses Let in Lodgings 1,055
Workshops and Workplaces 3,688
Total 5,838
Smoke Nuisances.
Number of Observations 246 Number of Nuisances and Complaints 7
Number of Notices 7 Number of Summonses Nil
Housing of the Working Classes.
Number of Houses inspected— Number of Representations by
(a) On account of complaints Medical Officer or other
or illness (P.H. Act) 2,478 person One
(b) House-to-house (Housing
Consolidated Regula- Number of Houses included in
tions, 1925) 731 such representations 310
Tenements in blocks 253 Number of Closing Orders made Nil
Number of Notices served—
(a) Under P.H. ActNumber of Closing Orders determined (i.e, Houses made fit)
(1) Intimation 1,869
(2) Statutory 95 Number of Demolition Orders Nil
(b) Under Housing Act Nil
Number of Houses repaired or Number of Houses demolished-
nuisances remedied under P.H. pursuance of Orders Nil
Act 1,982 (b) Voluntarily Nil
Number of Houses repaired Total Number of Houses in the
under Section 3 of Housing borough 19,287
Act
(a) By Owners Nil Number of Houses occupied
(b) By Local Authority in the Worklng Classes 8,226
default of Owners Nil Number of Houses registered
Number of Houses closed on under the new Bye-laws as to
Notice by Owner that they Houses Let in Lodgings Nil
could not be made fit Nil Number of Inspections made of
Number of Houses for theWork- such Houses Nil
ing Classes— Number of Prosecutions Nil
(a) Erected during year 40 flats
(b) In course of erection Nil
Mortuary.
Number of bodies received 220
Number of Infectious bodies received 2
Disinfection.
Number of rooms disinfected 713
Number of articles disinfected 9,421
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
Adults. Children.
Males. Females. Males. Females. Total
Number of persons cleansed 2,578 857 531 2,198 6,169