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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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Table: Housing of the Working Classes.

Housing of the Working Classes.

Number of Houses inspected—Number of Representations by Medical Officer or other personNil
(a) On account of complaints or illness (P. H. Act)2,383
(b) House-to-house (Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925)438Number of Houses included in such representationsNil
Number of Closing Orders madeNil
Tenements in blocks265Number of Closing Orders determined (i.e., Houses made fit)Nil
Number of Notices served—
(a) Under P.H. ActNumber of Demolition OrdersNil
(1) Intimation1,413Number of Houses demolished—
(2) Statutory42(a) In pursuance of OrdersNil
(b) Under Housing ActNil(b) VoluntarilyNil
Number of Houses repaired or nuisances remedied under P. H. Act, 18911,413Total Number of Houses in the borough18,020
Number of Houses and Flats occupied by the Working Classes8,620
Number of Houses repaired under Section 3 of Housing Act, 1925—Number of Houses for the Working Classes—-(b) In course of erection250
(a) Erected during year (flats)0147
(a) By OwnersNil
Number of Houses registered under the new Bye-laws as to Houses Let in LodgingsNil
(b) By Local Authority in default of OwnersNil
Number of Houses closed on Notice by Owner that they could not be made fitNilNumber of Inspections made of such HousesNil
Number of ProsecutionsNil
Mortuary.
Number of bodies received112
Number of Infectious bodies receivedNil

Table: Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.

Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897.

Adults.Children.Total.
Males.Females.Males.Females.
Number of persons cleansed21,1935946861,9745,448
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