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Report for the year 1896 made to the Vestry of Saint James's, Westminster
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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
appendix to report of mfdical officer of health.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS AS TO CONDITION
OF BAKEHOUSES IN THE PARISH DURING
THE YEAR 1896.
January 12th, 1897.
To the Public Health, Committee.
MB. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Wo beg to report That the whole of the Bakehouses
(numbering 27) in the Parish have been inspected by us
during the year 1896.
With but few exceptions the Bakehouses wore in very fair
condition, in two instances improvements have boon made in
the ventilation and drainage.
In eight cases it has been necessary to report certain slight
defects, which were readily remedied on request.
In one case we found that an underground room, immediately
adjoining and opening into the Bakehouse, was
being used for sleeping purposes ; this is, in our opinion, a very
undesirable state of things, and although the requirements of
the Factory and Workshop Acts are complied with, we
consider it would bo possible to deal with this case under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and submit it to you for
consideration.
Ono of the Bakehouses, which was not in use at the time
of our last Report, has now been entirely demolished.
Taking the Bakehouses of the Parish generally they have
been kept in fair cleanly condition, and every facility has been
given by the owners of same for inspection when visited by us.
We are,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
J. P. FOLLAND,
T. W. CALVERLEY,
Sanitary
Inspectors
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE III.—ABSTRACT OF WORK DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1896.
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Animals, Nuisances from, abated | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Areas, whitewashed and cleansed | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
,, paving of, repaired | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Basements, whitewashed and cleansed | 8 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 47 |
,, floors, repaired and cleansed | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
,, lighted and ventilated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Baths, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beds, disinfected | 14 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 72 |
Bedclothes, disinfected | 125 | 88 | 209 | 147 | 569 |
Bell traps, removed | 9 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 46 |
Carpets, disinfected | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 18 |
Cisterns, cleansed | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
,, new ones provided | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
,, covers furnished to | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
,, . repaired generally | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
',, apparatus repaired. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cesspools, abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Drains, reconstructed with glazed pipes and ventilated | 10 | 14 | 8 | 19 | 51 |
,, unstopped | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
,, repaired | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
,, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
,, earthenware gully traps furnished to | 9 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 40 |
,, disconnected from sewer and ventilated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dustbins, repaired | 0 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 |
,, new ones provided | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
Foul matter removed | 12 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 43 |
F*ood, unsound, seized and condemned | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gutters, cleansed and repaired | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
,, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Houses, furnished with water supply | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, water supply reinstated | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
,, closed unfit for human habitation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kitchens, whitewashed | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
,, underground cleared of occupants | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
Lead flats, roofs cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, ,, repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mattresses, disinfected | 36 | 18 | 30 | 33 | 117 |
Manure, removed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 126 | 90 | 291 | 188 | 695 |
Passages, whitewashed and cleansed | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
,, floor of, repaired and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Pillows disinfected | 97 | 45 | 115 | 87 | 344 |
Rain water pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
,, ,, unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 |
,, ,, disconnected from drain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
Rooms, whitewashed and cleansed | 16 | 59 | 28 | 85 | 188 |
,, disinfected | 26 | 29 | |||
,, overcrowded, abated | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
,, floors of, repaired and cleansed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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