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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Mortuary.
| Number of bodies received | 285 |
| Number of Infectious bodies received | 3 |
Disinfection.
| Number of rooms disinfected | 1,128 |
| Number of articles disinfected | 10,191 |
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
| Adults. | Children. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| Number of persons cleansed | 2,662 | 818 | 606 | 1,890 | 5,976 |
Bakehouses.
| Number on Register at end of 1929 | 54 |
| Number above ground | |
| Number underground | |
| Number of Inspections | 112 |
| Number of Notices | 6 |
| Number of Prosecutions | Nil |
Places where Food is Prepared for Sale (excluding Bakehouses).
| Number on Register at end of 1929 | 826 |
| Number of Inspections | 810 |
| Number of Notices | 24 |
| Number of Prosecutions | Nil |
House to House Inspections.
| Number of Inspections | Houses | 589 |
| Tenements | 278 | |
| Number of Notices issued | Intimations | 345 |
| Statutory Notices | 30 | |
| Number of Prosecutions | 1 | |
House Refuse.
| Number of Inspections | 3,156 |
| Number of Old Brick Receptacles abolished | Nil |
| Number of New Metal Receptacles provided | 226 |
| Number of Notices issued. Intimations | 177 |
| Number of Statutory Notices | 19 |
| Number of Prosecutions | Nil |
Water Supply.
| London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907. Section 78. | |
| Number of Premises where water has been provided to Upper Storeys | 4 |
| Number of Statutory Notices served | 1 |
| Number of Prosecutions | Nil |
Overcrowding.
| Number of Dwelling Rooms overcrowded | 5 |
| Number Remedied | |
| Number of Prosecutions | Nil |