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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A SUMMARY OF NUISANCES REMOVED
185G | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | Total. | |
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Areas, front, lime-whited, | .. | .. | 21 | 25 | 24 | 70 |
„ back, | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 11 | 18 |
„ drained, | .. | .. | 32 | .. | 4 | 36 |
„ repaired, | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Animal food unfit for use (destroyed), | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Animal matter, foul, removed, | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Animals removed, | .. | 11 | .. | 1 | 2 | 14 |
Abodes cleansed, | 6 | 28 | 11 | .. | 11 | 50 |
„ purified, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Bones, stale, removed, | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
Basements lime-whited, | .. | 10 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 77 |
„ passages, | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 13 |
„ stairs, | .. | 8 | .. | 13 | 22 | 43 |
„ drained, | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | 13 |
„ drains repaired, | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 5 |
Butts or cisterns, covers added to, | .. | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 52 |
„ repaired, | .. | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
„ new ones added, | .. | .. | 20 | 5 | .. | 25 |
„ cleansed, | .. | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
„ abolished, | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Bedding, foul, cleansed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 |
Cats, nuisance from keeping of, abated, | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
Cesspools removed, | 2 | 56 | 64 | 28 | 24 | 174 |
Corpses removed, | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Clothing, | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Courts, paving of, repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ cleansed, | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 9 |
Drains cleansed, | 35 | 61 | 40 | 49 | 82 | 267 |
„ connected with sewers, | .. | .. | 20 | 9 | 14 | 43 |
„ reconstructed, | .. | 92 | 68 | 50 | 51 | 261 |
„ repaired, | .. | 43 | 35 | 31 | 47 | 156 |
„ traps added to, | .. | .. | 114 | 54 | 43 | 211 |
„ traps made effectual by a supply of air, | .. | .. | 33 | .. | .. | 33 |
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises, | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 24 | 42 |
Drains, old ones cleared away, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 |
Dwellings improved, in the ventilation of, | .. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 20 |
„ unfit for occupation, cleared, | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 8 |
„ supplied with water-closets, | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
„ over-crowded ones cleared, | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 9 |
„ dilapidations in exterior repaired, | .. | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
„ „ in interior repaired, | .. | 47 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 94 |