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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 8.—Rodent Control.
| Complaints received | 629 |
| Dwellings | 431 |
| Business premises | 198 |
| Rats | 354 |
| Mice | 275 |
| Blocks surveyed | 8 |
| Premises involved, in blocks | 360 |
| Premises disinfected | 583 |
| Black rats | 23 |
| Brown rats | 266 |
| Mice | 294 |
| Treatments carried out | 2,095 |
TABLE 9.—Factories: Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health.
| Premises | Registered | Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories without mechanical power | 271 | 214 | 7 | - |
| Factories with mechanical power | 1,306 | 722 | 46 | — |
| Other premises* (excluding outworkers' premises) | 321 | 448 | — | - |
| Totals | 1,898 | 1,384 | 53 | — |
| * Electrical stations, institutions, sites of building operations and works of engineering construction. | ||||
TABLE 10.—Factories: Defects Found.
| Particulars | Defects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found | Remedied | Referred | In respect of which prosecutions were instituted | ||
| To H.M. Inspector of Factories | By H.M. Inspector of Factories | ||||
| Want of cleanliness. | 39 | 28 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Overcrowding | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation | 5 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary conveniences:— | |||||
| (a) insufficient | 1 | — | — | 2 | — |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 55 | 62 | — | 11 | — |
| (e) not separate for sexes | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | — |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating | |||||
| to outwork) | 26 | 15 | 61 | — | — |
| Totals | 128 | 115 | 68 | 15 | — |