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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 1962

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

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Table: Table 4.—Summary of Road Accidents.

Table 4.—Summary of Road Accidents.

MonthNumber of AccidentsFatalInjuries—
SeriousSlight
January7311575
February7411279
March95-10120
April60-962
May83110104
June73-1083
July86-1198
August8819113
September93-18113
October82-1081
November7911490
December701874
Totals95661361,092

Table: TABLE 5.—Dwelling-Houses : Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.

TABLE 5.—Dwelling-Houses : Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.

Inspection under Public Health or Housing Acts:—
(1) (a) Inspected for housing defects1,364
(b) Inspections made for the purpose ...3,966
(2) Found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation-
(3) Found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation409
Defects remedied without service of formal Notices:—
Defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers348
Action under Statutory Powers :—
(a) Proceedings under Public Health Acts
(1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring
defects to be remedied267
(2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied:—
(a) By owners61
(6) By Local Authority in default of owners—
(b) Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1957 :—
(1) Rooms in respect of which Closing or Demolition Orders were made:—
Underground rooms—
Other rooms (1 house)6
(2) Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been made fit10
(3) Rooms affected by (2) above20
(4) Closing Orders varied1
(5) Undertakings accepted in respect of underground rooms1