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 | 73 | 1 | 15 | 75 |
February | 74 | 1 | 12 | 79 |
March | 95 | - | 10 | 120 |
April | 60 | - | 9 | 62 |
May | 83 | 1 | 10 | 104 |
June | 73 | - | 10 | 83 |
July | 86 | - | 11 | 98 |
August | 88 | 1 | 9 | 113 |
September | 93 | - | 18 | 113 |
October | 82 | - | 10 | 81 |
November | 79 | 1 | 14 | 90 |
December | 70 | 1 | 8 | 74 |
Totals | 956 | 6 | 136 | 1,092 |
TABLE 5.—Dwelling-Houses : Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.
Inspection under Public Health or Housing Acts:— | ||
---|---|---|
(1) (a) Inspected for housing defects | 1,364 | |
(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 habitation | 409 | |
Defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 348 | |
(a) Proceedings under Public Health Acts | ||
(1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring | ||
defects to be remedied | 267 | |
(2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied:— | ||
(a) By owners | 61 | |
(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 fit | 10 | |
(3) Rooms affected by (2) above | 20 | |
(4) Closing Orders varied | 1 | |
(5) Undertakings accepted in respect of underground rooms | 1 |