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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TABLE 11.—Summary of Outwork.
Description of Work | Outworkers Employed |
---|---|
Wearing apparel | 664 |
Household linen | 18 |
Textile weaving | 7 |
Curtains and furniture hangings | 7 |
Furniture and upholstery | 7 |
Lampshades | 3 |
706 |
TABLE 12.—Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1852-1941: Summary of Sellers
of Part II Poisons.
Type of Business | Total Licensed |
---|---|
Grocery and provision stores | 31 |
Hardware and domestic stores | 18 |
General stores | 19 |
Hairdressers | 9 |
Builders' merchants | 2 |
Drug stores | 2 |
Pest control contractor | 1 |
Dental sundries | 1 |
Photographic dealer | 1 |
Veterinary products | 1 |
85 |
TABLE 13.—Dwelling-Houses: Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found
and Action Taken.
(1) (a) Inspected for housing defects | 1,132 |
(b) Inspections made for the purpose | 4,201 |
(2) Found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 71 |
(3) Found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 447 |
Defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 234 |
(a) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:— | |
(1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 182 |
(2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied:— | |
(a) By owners | 164 |
(6) By Local Authority in default of owners | 1 |
(6) Proceedings under section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936 | |
(1) Underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made | 9 |
(2) Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been made fit | 4 |
(3) Rooms affected by (2) above | 7 |