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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St James's 1900
[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 |