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 | 438 | 667 | 566 | 615 | 2286 |
Lumber removed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Lead flats or gutters cleansed | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 5 |
Mattresses, foul, destroyed | 4 | 17 | 5 | .. | 26 |
„ ,, washed | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
„ „ disinfected | .. | .. | 2 | 28 | 30 |
Miscellaneous articles disinfected | .. | .. | .. | 57 | 57 |
Oyster shells removed | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Paint work washed | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
Passages, main or entrance white-washed | 24 | 57 | 21 | 4 | 106 |
„ „ „ floor of, washed | 89 | 369 | 326 | 380 | 1164 |
„ „ „ paint work washed | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
„ „ ,, floors of, repaired | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Pillows disinfected | .. | .. | .. | 59 | 59 |
„ washed | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 8 |
Rain water pipes unstopped and cleansed | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
,, ,, ,, repaired | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
,, ,, ,, trapped | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ „ ,, new ones furnished | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Rags, a bundle of several articles in foul state, destroyed | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rooms, walls and ceilings white-washed | 55 | 102 | 48 | 27 | 232 |
„ dilapidations in made good | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
„ paint work of, washed | .. | l | 6 | 2 | 12 |
„ floors „ | 12 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 35 |
,, „ Repaired | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ overcrowded ones cleared | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ disinfected | 7 | 1 | 20 | 118 | 146 |
„ ventilated | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Rubbish, foul, removed | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
Smoke, nuisance from, abated | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Structures, dangerous ones made safe | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Shops, walls and ceilings white-washed | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
„ floors of, washed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Service pipes repaired | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Stairs, main, walls and ceilings white-washed | 21 | 54 | 28 | 4 | 107 |
„ ,, washed | 45 | 292 | 300 | 295 | 932 |
„ „ paint work washed | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
,, „ ventilation of, improved | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
„ „ lighting | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Carried forward | 731 | 1594 | 1366 | 1622 | 5313 |