London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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1.—INSPECTION.
| Premises | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections | Written Notices | Prosecutions | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 248 | 15 | - |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 1,432 | 66 | - |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 791 | 20 | - |
| Total | 2,471 | 101 | - |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector | |||
| _______._(1)___________. _ | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 52 | 52 | - | - | |
| Want of ventilation | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| Overcrowding | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Other nuisances | 20 | 20 | - | - | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 29 | 29 | - | = |
| unsuitable or defective | 31 | 31 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes ... | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | -_ | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 7 | 7 | - | - | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report) | - | - | - | - | |
| T | otal | 162 | 162 | - | — |