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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NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 226 | 420 | 382 | 502 | 1530 |
Damp prevented | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Dilapidations, exterior, made good | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
„ interior | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
„ „ removed | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
„ „ deodorised | 1 | 7 | l | 2 | 11 |
Drains reconstructed with 9 inch pipes | l | 6 | l | 1 | 9 |
„ „ „ 6 „ „ | 2 | 1 | 7 | .. | 10 |
„ „ „ 4 „ „ | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
„ brick repaired | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
„ Pipe „ | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ taken up and relaid | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ unstopped and cleansed | 16 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 58 |
„ connected with main sewer | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ old ones not in use removed | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
„ traps furnished to | 4 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 45 |
„ deodorised | .. | 12 | 3 | 11 | 26 |
Dust bins cleansed | 128 | 79 | 75 | 25 | 307 |
„ „ new ones furnished | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
„ ,, tops and covers furnished to | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
„ „ repaired | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
Dwellings, overcrowded ones cleared | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ foul and dirty ones cleansed | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |
Fat, stale, removed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Fish unfit for human food; pads destroyed | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Foul smells prevented | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
„ matter removed | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 6 |
Furniture, articles of, washed | .. | 10 | 1 | .. | 11 |
Gas stopped from entering houses, &c. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Gullies, private, cleansed | 14 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
„ „ repaired | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
Houses to which a full supply of water has been furnished | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Kitchens, front, white-washed | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
,, back ,, ,, | 7 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 61 |
„ front floors of, washed | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
,, back ,, ,, | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
repaired | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Carried forward | 438 | 667 | 566 | 615 | 2286 |