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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10, Catherine Wheel Yard. Stable drained with 6-incli
pipes and 4-inch branches into the main sewer in Catherine
"Wheel Yard.
9, Dufour's Place. House* and premises drained with
6-inch pipes and 4-inch branches direct into the main sewer
in Dufour's Place.
45, Duke Street. Main drain of house repaired with
6-inch pipes from sewer to front area.
5, Edward Street. House drained with 6-inch pipes
and 4-incli branches into the main of No. 95, Wardour
Street.
3, Great Crown Court. A new 6-inch pipe drain continued
from front kitchen to the end of the back premises.
4, Great Ryder Street. House drains repaired with
6-inch pipes, and connected with the 9-inch main drain in
Ryder Mews.
58, Haymarket. Main drains of house cleansed and
repaired.
59, Haymarket. Back premises and house, as far as
the wine vault, drained with 6-incli pipes and 4-inch
branches into the main barrel drain of No. 58, Haymarket.
18, Heddon Street. Main drain, from back area up to
watercloset in yard, cleansed and repaired.
20, Heddon Street. Main and branch drain cleansed
out and repaired.
18, Jermyn Street. House drain, with 9-inch pipes and
6-inch branches, direct into the main sewer in Jermyn
Street.
12, Hopkin Street. Stable drained, with 6-incli pipes,
into the main sewer in Hopkin Street.
119a, Jermyn Street. Stable, No. 1, drained with 6-incli
pipes into main sewer in yard.
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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stables unfit for borse occupation, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Stables traps added to drains, | 22 | .. | .. | 4 | 20 |
„ yards of, dirty, | .. | 4 | .. | . . | 4 | „ repaved, | 8 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 |
„ „ drains in, foul, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | paving of, repaired, | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
„ „ manure, nuisance from non removal of, | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | general dilapidations in, made good, | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
\ | to which water closets has been added, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Stable yards drained, | . . | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||
„ drains of, repaired, | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||||||
„ „ „ trapped, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
„ repaved, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||
„ cleansed, | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||
„ manure removed from, | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | 3 | ||||||
bake-houses. | |||||||||||
Bake-houses defective in ventilation, | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | ||||||
„ walls and ceilings of, dirty, | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | ||||||
„ floors of, dilapidated and dirty, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
„ in which were water-closet without ventilation, | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | ||||||
„ used as sleeping apartments, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Total, | 281 | 418 | 314 | 287 | 1314 | Total, | 201 | 388 | 275 | 191 | 1285 |