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 | 10 | 73 | ||
February | 70 | - | 10 | 77 |
March | 79 | - | 11 | |
April | 71 | - | 79 | |
May | 90 | - | 92 | |
June. | 88 | 1 | 17 | 84 |
July | 90 | 1 | 14 | 98 |
August | - | 70 | ||
September | 76 | - | 9 | 84 |
October | 1 | 7 | 98 | |
November | 93 | - | 103 | |
December | 78 | - | 19 | 81 |
Totals | 949 | 3 | 133 |
TABLE 5.—Dwelling-Houses : Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found
and Action Taken.
(1) (a) Inspected for housing defects | 1,237 |
(6) Inspections made for the purpose | 4,156 |
(2) Found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 2 |
(3) Found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 525 |
Defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 471 |
(a) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:— | |
(1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 388 |
(2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied:— | |
(a) By owners | 56 |
- | |
(6) Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1957:— | |
(1) Rooms in respect of which Closing or Demolition Orders were made:— Underground rooms | 4 |
Other rooms | - |
(2) Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been made fit | 6 |
(3) Rooms affected by (2) above | 8 |
(4) Closing Orders varied | 2 |
(5) Undertakings accepted in respect of underground rooms | - |