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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 1931

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

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Table: The total inspections made fot 1931 by each inspector, and the number of

The total inspections made fot 1931 by each inspector, and the number of

Districts.
No. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6Borough
Houses damp, dirty or dilapidated remedied15717023813817161935
Doors, windows, floors, ceilings sash cords, etc., repaired27264705210430592
Overcrowding abated-452—112
Illegal occupation of underground rooms dealt with-1253213
Water closet defects remedied1347317212114294736
Water closets erected-342123051
Urinal defects reemedied62—71319
Soilpipes and ventilating shafts repaired or renewed-2--9213
Yard defects remedied6935108898212395
Waste pipe defects remedied5061695816155
Water cistern defects remedied25111116155
Rubbish, manure, etc., accumulations removed31455173930158
Dung or dust receptacles repaired or renewed121623164812127
Drains relaid or amended37251753117132
Drains cleared3711317344
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed1411129182286
Water supply to houses reinstated12231211
Roofs and gutters repaired434953303513223
Area defects remedied1212371246137
Wash-house defects remedied1103210056517356
Animal nuisances abated21643—16
Basement defects remedied—921224—47
Stables cleansed or repaired3—1—228
Water supply laid on to upper storeys of house3242--11
Miscellaneous nuisances abated39995278565826712
Verminous rooms cleansed6856201626430481
Workshops dirty, overcrowded, unventilated or defective, remedied11221183174

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Legal Proceedings in Connection with Nuisances.

Table: The only summons issued during the year had reference to a failure to comply with a statutory notice and is detailed below:—

The only summons issued during the year had reference to a failure to comply with a statutory notice and is detailed below:—

Premises.Offence. (Proceedings taken under the Public Health (London) Act 1891, etc.)Result.
3, Stalbridge Street.Failure to comply with a statutory notice to execute certain sanitary requirements.Order made for work to be executed withing 28 days.

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Smoke Nuisances.
During; the year 1931, 262 observations were made and 17 complaints were
received and dealt with. In each case the attention of the offender was drawn to
the matter. In no case was it necessary to institute proceeding's in court.