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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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. TABLE III—ABSTRACT OF WORK DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1900— continued.
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 488 | 643 | 567 | 741 | 2439 |
Roofs, repaired | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Rooms, ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Service pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
„ „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sinks and lavatories, waste pipes disconnected from drain | 9 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 33 |
„ „ repaired | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
„ new pipes and traps furnished to | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
„ unstopped and cleansed | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Staircases, whitewashed and cleansed | 10 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 30 |
„ steps of, cleansed Stables, cleansed and whitewashed | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
„ paving of, cleansed and repaired | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
Smoke, nuisance from, abated | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Urinals (private) whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
„ unstopped and cleansed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
„ traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
„ furnished with water supply | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
„ abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
„ reconstructed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
„ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Vaults, whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water closets, cleansed generally | 13 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 59 |
„ „ furnished with water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
„ „ „ „ new apparatus | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
„ „ apparatus repaired | 12 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 |
„ „ new pans furnished to | 4 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 41 |
„ „ pans cleansed | 12 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 63 |
„ „ water supply reinstated | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
„ repaired generally | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 25 |
„ „ abolished | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
„ „ soil pipes, new, furnished to | 16 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 54 |
„ „ „ ventilated | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
„ „ reconstructed | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
„ „ new, erected | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
„ „ light and ventilation improved | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
„ „ soil pipes unstopped and repaired | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
„ „ . traps furnished to | 1 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 33 |
„ „ unstopped | 10 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
Yards, whitewashed | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
„ paving of, cleansed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
„ „ repaired | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
„ „ new trap to drain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water stopped from running as a nuisance | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
Wearing apparel disinfected | 145 | 180 | 179 | 391 | 895 |
Wash-houses, whitewashed and cleansed | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
„ „ floors repaired | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Workshops, whitewashed and cleansed | 11 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 33 |
„ overcrowding abated | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
„ ventilation improved | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Water, separate supply for drinking purposes provided | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
„ (drinking), disconnected from water-closet | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Totals | 803 | 975 | 946 | 1283 | 4007 |