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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ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Table IV.— SAN1TAEY INSPECTOR'S WOKK— (
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 137 | 233 | 118 | 94 | 582 |
Drains of 6 inch pipes, taken up and relaid | .. | . . | 2 | 1 | 3 |
„ 4 „ new ones furnished | .. | 1 | . . | . . | |
„ unstopped and cleansed | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
„ ,, „ and repaired | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
„ repaired | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
„ old brick, abolished | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
„ syphons furnished to | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 2 |
,, traps ,, | 4 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 41 |
,, dip traps „ | . . | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
„ deodorised | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 2 |
,, removed | 1 | 2 | 2 | . . | 5 |
„ deodorised | . . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Dust bins cleansed | 54 | 65 | 10 | 17 | 146 |
„ new ones furnished | 1 | ... | . . | 1 | 2 |
„ repaired | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 26 |
„ covers furnished t | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
„ doors ,, | 1 | . . | 2 | .. | 3 |
„ deodorised | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
Dwellings, dirty ones cleared of occupants | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Foul matter removed | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
„ deodorised | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ effluvia stopped | . . | 1 | . . | 4 | 5 |
Furniture, articles of, disinfected and washed, in lots of | 5 | 10 | 2 | . . | 17 |
Gullies, private, new ones furnished | 2 | . . | 2 | 1 | 5 |
„ „ repaired | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
„ „ unstopped and cleansed | 6 | .. | . . | 7 | 13 |
Houses whitewashed and painted throughout | 2 | 2 | . . | 1 | 5 |
„ furnished with a full supply of water | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Kitchens, front walls and ceilings whitewashed | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 39 |
,, back ,, | 3 | 26 | 45 | 8 | 82 |
,, back ,, ,, | . . | 5 | . . | . . | 5 |
„ front, paint work of, repaired | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
,, ,, iioors ,, | 2 | . . | 1 | 1 | 4 |
,, back ,, ,, | 1 | .. | . . | . . | 1 |
„ front, unfit for occupation, cleared of occupants | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 |
Carried forward | 252 | 436 | 263 | 199 | 1150 |