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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 1936
[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) | 261 | 38 | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 1,097 | 68 | - |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' Premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 667 | 24 | - |
| Total | 2,025 | 130 | - |
2—DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referrec to H.M Inspector | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 21 | 21 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 16 | 16 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 20 | 20 | - | - | |
| not separate for sexes | 25 | 25 | - | - | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | - | - | - | - | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Other offences | — | — | — | — | |
| (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 8 of this Report) | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 98 | 98 | - | - | |