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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 4.—Summary of Road Accidents Involving Personal Injury.
| Month | Number of Accidents | Casualties | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | ||
| January | 77 | - | 5 | 91 | 96 |
| February | 64 | — | 8 | 76 | 84 |
| March | 65 | — | 7 | 83 | 90 |
| April | 74 | — | 10 | 76 | 86 |
| May | 73 | — | 5 | 83 | 88 |
| June | 89 | — | 16 | 113 | 129 |
| July | 88 | 1 | 7 | 106 | 114 |
| August | 80 | 1 | 17 | 77 | 95 |
| September | 88 | — | 16 | 111 | 127 |
| October | 102 | — | 12 | 129 | 141 |
| November | 88 | — | 14 | 92 | 106 |
| December | 102 | 1 | 19 | 101 | 121 |
| Total | 990 | 3 | 136 | 1,138 | 1,277 |
TABLE 5.—Dwelling-Houses: Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.
| (1) (a) Inspected for housing defects | 1,134 |
| 4,809 | |
| (2) Found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 3 |
| (3) Found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 527 |
| Defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers | 414 |
| (1) Dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied | 394 |
| (2) Dwelling-houses in which, after service of formal notices, defects were remedied:— | |
| (a) By owners | 114 |
| — | |
| (b) Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1957:— | |
| (1) Rooms in respect of which Closing or Demolition Orders were made:— | |
| Underground rooms | 8 |
| Other rooms | 3 |
| (2) Closing Orders determined, the tenement or room having been made fit | 7 |
| (3) Rooms affected by (2) above | 12 |
| (4) Closing Orders varied | 6 |
| (5) Undertakings accepted in respect of underground rooms | — |