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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 1956

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

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Table: TABLE 14.—Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1852-1941: Summary of Sellersof Part II Poisons.

TABLE 14.—Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1852-1941: Summary of Sellers

of Part II Poisons.

Type of BusinessTotal Licensed
Grocery and provision stores39
Hardware and domestic stores19
General stores14
Hairdressers9
Builders' merchants2
Drug stores2
Pest control contractor1
Horticultural sundries1
Dental sundries1
Photographic dealer1
Veterinary products1
90

Table: TABLE 15.—Dwelling-Houses. Summary of Inspections, Conditions Foundand Action Taken.

TABLE 15.—Dwelling-Houses. Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found

and Action Taken.

Inspection under Public Health or Housine Acts:—
(1) (a) Inspected for housing defects1,280
(b) Inspections made for the purpose4,738
(2) Found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation21
(3) Found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation470
Defects remedied without service of formal Notices:—
Defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers286
Action under Statutory Powers:—
(a) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:—
(1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied184
(2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied:—
(a) By owners178
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners
(6) Proceedings under section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:—
(1) Underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made40
(2) Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been made fit7
(3) Rooms affected by (2) above18

Table: TABLE 16.—Legal Proceedings: Food and Drugs Act, 1955.

TABLE 16.—Legal Proceedings: Food and Drugs Act, 1955.

Date of HearingNature of OffenceResultFineCosts
££s.d.
19 Oct.Selling wrapped sliced loaf, the outside crust being dirty, and the loaf containing flour beetles. Section 2 (1) Food and Drugs Act, 1955.Not guilty—dirty crust. Guilty—beetles in loaf.15660