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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 10.—Rodent Control.
| Complaints received | 630 |
| Dwellings | 405 |
| Business premises | 225 |
| Rats | 343 |
| Mice | 287 |
| Blocks surveyed | 34 |
| Premises involved | 1,023 |
| Premises disinfested | 606 |
| Black rats | 13 |
| Brown rats | 285 |
| Mice | 308 |
| Treatments carried out | 1,766 |
TABLE 11.—Factories: Inspections for Purposfes of Provisions as to Health.
| Premises | Registered | Inspections | Written notices | Occupiers prosecuted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factories without mechanical power | 244 | 151 | 5 | — |
| Factories with mechanical power | 1,271 | 482 | 24 | — |
| Other premises* (excluding outworkers' premises) | 412 | 466 | — | — |
| Totals | 1,927 | 1,099 | 29 | — |
| *Electrical stations, institutions, sites of building operations and works of engineering construction. | ||||
TABLE 12.—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 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Overcrowding | — | — | — | — | — |
| Unreasonable temperature | — | — | — | — | — |
| Inadequate ventilation | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ineffective drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sanitary conveniences:— (a) insufficient | 2 | — | — | 3 | — |
| (b) unsuitable or defective | 22 | 18 | — | 3 | — |
| (c) not separate for sexes | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Other offences (excluding offences relating | |||||
| to outwork) | 2 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 32 | 30 | — | 7 | — |