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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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. TABLE III—ABSTRACT OF WORK DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1897 (
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 718 | 1106 | 1365 | 1179 | 4368 |
Roofs, repaired | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
Rooms, ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Service pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, ,, repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Sinks, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
,, and lavatories, waste pipes disconnected from drain | 22 | 30 | 24 | 22 | 98 |
„ ,, repaired | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
., new pipes and traps furnished to | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
,, unstopped and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Staircases, whitewashed and cleansed | 23 | 24 | 15 | 24 | 86 |
,, steps of, cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Stables, cleansed and whitewashed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
„ paving of, cleansed and repaired | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Smoke, nuisance from, abated | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Urinals (private) whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
„ cleansed | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
„ traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, furnished with water supply | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
„ abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, reconstructed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Vaults, whitewashed. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Water closets, cleansed generally | 25 | 33 | 17 | 17 | 92 |
„ ,, furnished with water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
„ ,, „ „ new apparatus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
,, „ apparatus repaired | 14 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 65 |
„ „ new pans furnished to | 9 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 45 |
,, „ pans cleansed | 12 | 35 | 11 | 33 | 91 |
„ „ water supply reinstated | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
„ „ repaired generally | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
„ „ abolished | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
„ „ soil pipes, new, furnished to | 5 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 29 |
„ „ „ ventilated | 7 | 23 | 10 | 21 | 61 |
„ ,, re-constructed | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
,, „ new, erected | 14 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 36 |
„ „ light and ventilation improved | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 42 |
,, „ soil pipes unstopped and repaired | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
„ „ traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
„ „ unstopped | 8 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 34 |
Yards, whitewashed | 6 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 37 |
„ paving of, cleansed | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
„ „ repaired. | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 36 |
,, „ new traps to drain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water stopped from running as a nuisance | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
Wearing apparel disinfected | 428 | 587 | 844 | 593 | 2452 |
Wash-houses, whitewashed and cleansed. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
,, „ floors repaired | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Workshops, whitewashed and cleansed | 21 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 56 |
„ overcrowding abated . | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
,, ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water, separate supply for drinking purposes provided | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
(drinking), disconnected from water-closet | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Total | 1374 | 1991 | 2396 | 2037 | 7798 |