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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 1928

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

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Districts.
No. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6Borough
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated remedied184170274280136491,093
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings sash cords, etc., repaired196136254654439734
Overcrowding abated---1124
Illegal occupation of underground rooms dealt with--814-13
Water closet defects remedied11913213618814575795
Water closets erected3--2311643
Urinal defects remedied--41--5
Soilpipes and ventilating shafts repaired or renewed1612919
Yard defects remedied9084531285312420
Waste pipe defects remedied ...111614129264
Water cistern defects remedied13116115-. 46
Rubbish, manure, etc., accumulations removed843322151294
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed20283439512138
Drains relaid or amended139112123582
Drains cleared3237515255
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed167121429785
Water supply to houses reinstated--144--18
Roofs and gutters repaired759684743612377
Area defects remedied10241134413186
Wash-house defects remedied102828072765417
Animal nuisances abated212371135
Basement defects remedied13-921751128
Stables cleansed or repaired ...1-11--3
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house1-11--3
Miscellaneous nuisances abated311172_1433612674
Verminous rooms cleansed451101311321612446
Workshops dirty, overcrowded, unventilated or defective, remedied—--433845

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Proceedings in Connection with Nuisances.
The number of summonses issued in respect of nuisances during the year
was four.

Table: 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.

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.
73,Carlisle Street.Failure to comply with a statutory notice to execute certain sanitary requirements.Order made for work to be executed. Fined £2 and £2 2s. costs.
75,Do.Do.Do.
77,Do.Do.Order made for work to be executed, £1 1s. costs-
81,Do.Do.Do.