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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Housing of the Working Classes.
Number of Houses inspected— | Number of Representations by Medical Officer or other person | Nil | |
(a) On account of complaints or illness (P. H. Act) | 2,383 | ||
(b) House-to-house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925) | 438 | Number of Houses included in such representations | Nil |
Number of Closing Orders made | Nil | ||
Tenements in blocks | 265 | Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e., Houses made fit) | Nil |
Number of Notices served— | |||
(a) Under P.H. Act | Number of Demolition Orders | Nil | |
(1) Intimation | 1,413 | Number of Houses demolished— | |
(2) Statutory | 42 | (a) In pursuance of Orders | Nil |
(b) Under Housing Act | Nil | (b) Voluntarily | Nil |
Number of Houses repaired or nuisances remedied under P. H. Act, 1891 | 1,413 | Total Number of Houses in the borough | 18,020 |
Number of Houses and Flats occupied by the Working Classes | 8,620 | ||
Number of Houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act, 1925— | Number of Houses for the Working Classes—-(b) In course of erection | 250 | |
(a) Erected during year (flats) | 0147 | ||
(a) By Owners | Nil | ||
Number of Houses registered under the new Bye-laws as to Houses Let in Lodgings | Nil | ||
(b) By Local Authority in default of Owners | Nil | ||
Number of Houses closed on Notice by Owner that they could not be made fit | Nil | Number of Inspections made of such Houses | Nil |
Number of Prosecutions | Nil | ||
Mortuary. | |||
Number of bodies received | 112 | ||
Number of Infectious bodies received | Nil |
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.
Adults. | Children. | Total. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
Number of persons cleansed | 21,193 | 594 | 686 | 1,974 | 5,448 |
Bakehouses. | |||||
Number on Register at end of 1934 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 56 |
Number above ground | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
Number underground | ... | ... | ... | ... | 49 |
Number of Inspections | ... | ... | ... | ... | 110 |
Number of Notices | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
Number of Prosecutions | ... | ... | ... | ... | Nil |
Places where Food is Prepared for Sale (excluding Bakehouses). | |||||
Number on Register at end of 1934 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 378 |
Number of Inspections | ... | ... | ... | ... | 702 |
Number of Notices | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 |
Number of Prosecutions | ... | ... | ... | ... | Nil |
House Refuse. | |||||
Number of Inspections | ... | ... | ... | 1,103 | |
Number of Old Brick Receptacles abolished | ... | ... | ... | Nil | |
Number of New Metal Receptacles provided | ... | ... | ... | 218 | |
Number of Notices issued. Intimations | ... | ... | ... | 218 | |
Number of Statutory Notices | ... | ... | ... | 11 | |
Number of Prosecutions | ... | ... | ... | Nil |