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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REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,
FOR THE YEAR 1860.
NUISANCES FOUND. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year 1860. | NUISANCES ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year 1860. |
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Areas, walls dilapidated, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Areas, walls of repaired, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ front requiring lime-whiting, | 2 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 20 | „ front lime-whited, | 2 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 24 |
„ back „ „ | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | „ back, | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
„ without drains, | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | „ drained, | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Abodes dirty, | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | Abodes cleansed, | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Animals, nuisance arising from the keeping of, | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | „ purified, | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Animal matter, | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | Animals removed, | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Animal matter removed, | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Bones, nuisance arising from, | .. | .. | .. | 2 | Bones removed, | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Basements requiring lime-whiting, | 2 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 20 | Basements lime-whited, | 3 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 19 |
„ passages „ | .. | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | „ passages, | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |
„ stairs „ | 1 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 24 | „ stairs, | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
Butts, cisterns, and other water receptacles foul, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Butts, cisterus, and other water receptacles cleansed, | • • | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ „ „ dilapidated, | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | „ „ „ „ repaired, | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
2 „ „ without covers, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | „ „ „ „ covers added to, | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Bedding foul, | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 7 | Bedding cleansed, | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | |
Cesspools found, | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | Cesspools cleansed out and filled up, | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
Corpse nuisance from, caused by neglect of interment, | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | Corpse interred by request, | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Courts, paving of dilapidated, | • • | 1 | 1 | 2 | Court, paving of, repaired, | .. | • • | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Drainage matter causing nuisance, | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | Drainage matter, nuisance caused by, prevented, | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | |
Drains improperly constructed, | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Drains reconstructed, | • • | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
„ foul and dilapidated, | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 48 | „ cleansed and repaired, | 5 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 40 |
„ stopped, | 23 | 20 | 27 | 13 | 83 | „ cleared, | 22 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 83 |
„ connected with main sewer, | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
„ unconnected directly with sewer, | .. | 8 | 11 | .. | 19 | ||||||
„ trapped, | 10 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 43 | ||||||
„ without traps, | 13 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 46 | ||||||
„ old ones not in use removed, | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 0 | ||||||
„ old ones not in use but causing nuisance, | |||||||||||
Dust-bins full or foul, | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 | Dust-bins cleansed, | 19 | 51 | 20 | 20 | 116 |
„ reqiured, | 19 | 53 | 20 | 30 | 122 | „ new ones furnished, | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
„ without tops or covers, | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | „ to which tops and covers have been added, | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
„ dilapidated, | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | „ repaired, | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 |
Dilapidations in houses, exterior, | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | Dilapidations in houses, exterior repaired, | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 0 |
„ „ interior, | 3 | 1 | .. | 0 | „ „ interior „ | 2 | 10 | .. | 3 | 15 | |
Damp, nuisance caused by, | 9 | 3 | 4 | .. | 10 | Damp, nuisance caused by, prevented, | .. | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
Dogs, nuisance arising from the keeping of, | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | Dogs removed from rooms, | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 |
Dwellings badly ventilated | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | Dwellings, ventilation improved in, | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
„ overcrowded, | 4 2 | 5 .. | 4 2 | 3 2 | 10 6 | „ overcrowded ones cleared, | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Eggs, rotten, nuisance caused by, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Eggs rotten, removed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |