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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 1897

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

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Table: TABLE 19.S ummary of S anitary W ork carried out during 1897.

TABLE 19.

S ummary of S anitary W ork carried out during 1897.

WARD.Entries in Register.Sanitary Works complete .Drain reconstructed.Drain repaired.Interceptor. &c.Closet app. or repaired.Closet provided.Water supply.Closet Pan and Trap.Yards, &c., paved.Paving repaired.Gullies provided.Sinks trappedRain Pipes disconnected.Roofs, Gutters, &c.Dust-bin provided.Basement concreted.Foul Rooms cleansed.Floor ventilation.House ventilated.Draw Tap from Main.Overcrowding abated.Area provided.Surface Drains.Nuisances from Urinals, Manure, Animals, &c. abated or receptacles provided.|Rooms disinfected.|Dust complaints.
St. MARY'812736771208835427231740990471603057042781946525822522147266150
St. PAUL'81186686826982826212062652593174972401522452114409742030159130136
St. PETER'S14375981647719195...92032171145553401981271731216531984183240264
St. JOHN'S1794599166364825932833577344819811337913560105132281673295149
TRINITY1774896100104183433055286169796979411621062782352617511...2171124205
Totals74643456632374128150662130143981829942S8092596755423729904953152575731447331055904

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Water laid on to houses (after supply had been withdrawn): —
St. Mary, 2; S. W. Paul, 2; St. Peter, 6; St. John, 8; and Trinity, 3 Total 21
Beds, palliasses, bolsters, pillows,&c.,disinfected at Depot 10,482 Bakehouses inspected 75
Beds, palliasses, bolsters, pillows, &c., destroyed at Depot 112 Number of bodies received into Mortuary 144
Slaughter and cow-houses inspected 14