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 4.—Summary of Road Accidents.
Month | Number of Accidents | Fatal | Injuries | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Serious | Slight | |||
January | 84 | - | 11 | 91 |
February | 69 | 1 | 13 | 79 |
March | 88 | 1 | 7 | 92 |
April | 78 | — | 19 | 82 |
May | 81 | — | 14 | 83 |
June | 82 | - | 16 | 93 |
July | 93 | — | 10 | 107 |
August | 92 | — | 17 | 104 |
September | 91 | — | 11 | 99 |
October | 86 | — | 17 | 86 |
November | 94 | 1 | 11 | 98 |
December | 89 | — | 10 | 113 |
Totals | 1,027 | 3 | 156 | 1,127 |
TABLE 5.—New Legislation.
Legislation | Operative Date |
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Public Health (Aircraft) (Amendment) Regulations, 1961 | 17.1.1961 |
Public Health (Ships) (Amendment) Regulations, 1961 | 17.1.1961 |
Authorised Officers (Meat Inspection) Regulations, 1961 | 10.3.1961 |
Labelling of Food (Amendment) Regulations, 1961 | 20.3.1961 |
Anthrax (Disinfection Fee) Amendment Rules, 1961 | 1.4.1961 |
Home Safety Act, 1961 | 18.5.1961 |
Motor Cycles (Protective Helmets) (Amendment) Regulations, 1961 | 1.8.1961 |
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations, 1961 | 1.8.1961 |
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1961 | 3.8.1961 |
Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act, 1961 | 27.9.1961 |
Public Health Act, 1961 | 3.10.1961 |
Licensing Act, 1961 | 1.11.1961 1.3.1962 |
Housing Act, 1961 | 24.11.1961 |
Rent Restrictions (Amendment) Regulations, 1961 | 24.11.1961 |
Factories Act, 1961 | 1.4.1962 |
Lead in Food Regulations, 1961 | 16.4.1962 |
TABLE 6.— Dwelling-Houses : Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.
(1) (a) Inspected for housing defects | 1,298 |
(b) Inspections made for the purpose | 2,923 |
(2) Found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 1 |
(3) Found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 280 |
Defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 218 |
(1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 219 |
(2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied :— | |
(a) By owners | 70 |
— | |
(1) Rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made :— | |
Underground rooms | 3 |
Other rooms | — |
(2) Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been made fit | 8 |
(3) Rooms affected by (2) above | 16 |
(4) Closing Orders varied | 1 |
(5) Undertakings accepted in respect of underground rooms | 1 |