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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Number of visits made to courts, yards, and mews in the Parish, 110
„ visits made to slaughter-houses, 29
„ visits made to cowsheds, 15
„ stables inspected, 392
„ „ badly ventilated, 238
„ „ horses found in, 1057
„ „ dwellings over, 596
„ ,, „ occupants in, . 901
„ „ having defective drains, 38
,, „ having defective paving, 41
„ „ having no drains, 41
„ „ having walls dirty, 71
„ „ dwellings over badly ventilated, 30
„ „ foul smells complained of, 33
„ „ yards having defective paving, 9
„ „ yards dirty, 7
„ yards having defective drains, 5
„ ,, notices served on, 70
„ ,, notices attended to, 68
„ nuisances found during the year, 1148
„ nuisances abated during the year, . 1541
„ notices served during the year 1859, 336
„ notices attended to by defendants, 271
„ children found unvaccinated during the year, 245
„ children vaccinated by request, 111
JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.
January 30th, 1800.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK, for 1859—(continued.)
NUISANCES FOUND. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year 1859.. | NUISANCES ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year 1859. |
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Yards foul or walls dirty, requiring whitewashing, | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 | Yards, walls of, lime-whitened | 8 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 60 |
,, paving dilapidated, | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 | „ paving repaired | .. | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
„ having no drainage, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
COWSHEDS | COWSHEDS | ||||||||||
Requiring lime-whiting, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Lime-whitened, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Paving bad, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Paving repaired | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Ventilation bad, | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||||||
265 | 217 | 237 | 161 | 880 | 296 | 358 | 344 | 263 | 1333 | ||
STABLES. | STABLES. | ||||||||||
Drains foul and dilapidated, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Yards, paving of, repaired, | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Stables without drains, | .. | 48 | .. | .. | 48 | Walls and ceilings white-washed, | .. | 15 | 20 | 9 | 44 |
,, drainage bad, | .. | 12 | 2 | .. | 14 | Stables drained with 0-inch pipe, | .. | 6 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
No drainage, | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | „ ,, 4-inch „ | .. | 6 | .. | 3 | 9 |
Ventilation bad, | .. | 69 | 33 | .. | 102 | „ trap added to drains, | .. | 13 | 37 | 28 | 78 |
Drainage without traps, | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 5 | „ repaved, | .. | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
Walls and ceilings dirty, | .. | 40 | 10 | .. | 50 | „ paving repaired, | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Paving bad, | .. | 23 | 3 | .. | 26 | Drains cleansed and repaired, | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Foul smells in stables, | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | Stable unfit for horse occupation cleared, . | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Drain stopped, | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | Yards cleansed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Stable unlit l'or horse occupation, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | „ repaved, | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Yards dirty, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Coach-houses white-washed, | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Cesspools found, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Water closets added to stable yards, | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Gully hole in ditto foul, untrapped, | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | Cesspools removed, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Gully holes repaired and trapped, . | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||
Stables redrained, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
.. | 203 | 65 | .. | 268 | .. | 53 | 87 | 08 | 208 |