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 nuisances found during tlie year 1800, 131 4
„ nuisances removed or abated during the year, 1285
„ notices served during the year, 157
„ notices attended to by the defendants, 185
„ houses drained with 9 inch pipes, 3
„ houses drained with 0 inch pipes, 3 4
„ children found unvaccinated during the year, 220
„ children vaccinated by request during the year, 125
„ families visited to see if all their children were
vaccinated or not, from the 12th of June, 1859,
to the 27tli March, 1860, 4856
„ cases of small pox visited during the same time, 20
„ „ scarlatina visited during the year 1860, 53
„ „ fevers visited during the year, 15
„ „ diarrhoea „ „ „ 6
ft it measles „ „ „ 4
„ „ diphtheria „ „ „ 1
„ stables drained with 9 inch pipes during the year, 1
„ stables drained with 0 inch pipes during the year, 11
„ stables drained with 4 inch pipes during the year, 1
JAMES H MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector
May 18, 1861
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK, for 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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Fowls, nuisance arising from the keeping of, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | Fowls removed, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Foul smells from various causes, | 13 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 38 | Foul smells, | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 37 |
Fish refuse, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Fish refuse removed, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gullies foul, | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | Gullies cleansed, | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 |
„ dilapidated, | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | „ repaired, | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
Gas street, nuisance caused by its entering dwellings, | .. | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | Gas, nuisance from, stopped, | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Houses not having a full or no supply of water, | 2 | 7 | 4 | .. | 13 | Houses to which a full supply of water has been added, | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 6 |
„ generally dirty, | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | „ white-washed, painted and cleansed, | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 7 | |
Kitchens, front, requiring lime-whiting, | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | Kitchens, front, white-washed, | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
„ back, „ „ | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 20 | „ back, „ | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
„ front dilapidated, | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | „ front, dilapidations in, made good, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ back „ | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | „ back, „ | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
„ occupied contrary to law, | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | „ occupied contrary to law, cleared, | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Lumber, old, on basements, nuisance arising from, | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Lumber, old, on basements, removed, | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Lead flats and gutters foul, | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | Lead flats and gutters cleansed, | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
„ „ dilapidated, | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | „ „ repaired, | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
Oyster shells, stale, | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 8 | Oyster shells removed, | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | |
Passages requiring lime-whiting, | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | Passage lime-whited or white-washed, Privies repaired, | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
Privies dilapidated, | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 6 | „ lime-whited, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ requiring lime-whiting | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | 8 | „ cleansed, | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |
„ foul, | 9 | 3 | 13 | .. | 25 | „ pans added to, also traps, | .. | 13 | 12 | .. | |
„ open, having no pans or traps, | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | „ to which water has been added, | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
„ having no water supply, | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | „ traps added to, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
„ removed or abolished, | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |||||||
Rain-water pipes dilapidated, | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Rain-water pipes repaired, „ „ cleared, | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
„ „ stopped, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Rabbits removed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Rabbits, nuisance caused by the keeping of, | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Rooms requiring white-washing, | 4 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 44 | „ dilapidations in, repaired, | 1 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 40 |
„ dilapidations in, | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 10 | Rubbish removed from basements or vaults, | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
Rubbish on basement or in vaults, | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 19 | Smoke, nuisance from, abated, | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Smoke, nuisance caused by, | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | Stairs white-washed or lime-whited, | 1 | 5 | 16 | 2 | |
Stairs requiring white-washing, | 1 | 8 | 17 | .. | 26 | „ lighted and ventilated, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ dilapidated, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | „ repaired, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ deficient of light and ventilation, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Sewers, old, removed, | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Sewers, old, nuisance arising from, | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 5 | Service pipes repaired, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Shops requiring white-washing, | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | Shops white-washed, | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Structures, dangerous, | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | Structures, dangerous, made good, | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 8 |