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 James's, Westminster]
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TABLES OF STABLES—
NAME and ADDRESS. | YARD. | STABLES. | DWELLING-ROOMS OVER STABLES. | |||||||||||||||
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Paving. | Drainage. | Clean or Dirty ? | Dung. | Offensive Smell. | No. of Stable. | No. of Horses. | Paving. | Drainage. | Clean or Dirty ? | Ventilation. | How many ? | No. of Inmates. | Ventilation Good or not ? | Stable smell ? | Present Health of Inmates. | Deaths within 12 Months, and from what causes? | ||
Mode of Storing. | How often Removed ? | |||||||||||||||||
LITTLE ST. JAMES'S STREET,—Ccontinued), 27th July, 1859. | ||||||||||||||||||
Duke of Sutherland, Stafford House | good | good | clean | large pit | twice a week | none | 1 | 7 | good | good | clean | by two skylights &aperture in wall at back | none | - | - | - | - | - |
„ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | 2 | 5 | „ | „ | „ | „ | none | - | - | - | - | - |
„ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | 3 | 7 | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | At sides over the entrance to these stables, there are 19 or 20 rooms, clean and well ventilated, and when the family is in town, are occupied by about 20 individuals. | ||||
„ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | 4 | 5 | „ | „ | „ | „ | „ | |||||
336, OXFORD STREET, 23rd July, 3859. | ||||||||||||||||||
Messrs. Dakin and Company, No. 1, St. Paul's Churchyard | good | good | clean | in pit | frequently | none | 2 | 1 | good | good | clean | ventilated by five broken squares fanlight over door | none | - | - | - | - | - |
LITTLE ST. JAMES'S STREET, 30th July, 1859. | ||||||||||||||||||
Earl of Ellesmere | good | good | clean | in pit | twice a week | from dung | 1 | 4 | good | good | clean | by five windows in side six ventilators in | 7 | 7 | good | none | good | none |
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