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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A SUMMARY OF NUISANCES REMOVED—
1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Damp prevented, | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 10 | 15 |
Dust bins cleansed, | 207 | 152 | 83 | 87 | 116 | 645 |
„ repaired, | .. | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
„ tops and covers added to, | .. | 28 | 54 | 13 | 7 | 102 |
„ new ones furnished, | .. | 12 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 74 |
Dogs removed, | .. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
Eggs, rotten, removed, | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 |
Foul smells stopped, | .. | 58 | 108 | 39 | 37 | 242 |
Fat, stale (removed), | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Fowls removed, | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Flaps added to the mouth of drains, | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | 9 |
Furniture cleansed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Grains, Brewers', stale, removed, | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Gas, street, prevented from entering houses, | .. | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 27 |
Gullies cleansed, | .. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
„ repaired, | .. | .. | 10 | 10 | 22 | |
Houses to wliich a full supply of water added, | .. | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 34 |
„ white-washed, painted and cleansed, | .. | 43 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 73 |
„ to wliich drains have been added, | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
Heat excessive, abated, | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Kitchen, front, white-washed, | .. | .. | 17 | 13 | 12 | 42 |
„ back, „ | .. | .. | 24 | 26 | 19 | 69 |
„ front, repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ back, „ | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 7 |
„ condemned, and cleared of occupants, | 3 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 65 |
Lumber removed, | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
Leads, flats and gutters cleansed, | .. | 15 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
„ „ repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Night soil removed | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Oyster shells, stale, removed, | .. | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
Passage entrance white-washed, | .. | .. | 34 | 22 | 17 | 73 |
Pigs removed, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
1 ersons washed and cleansed by request, | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Privies cleansed, | 41 | 61 | .. | 33 | 25 | 160 |
„ lime wliited, | .. | 4 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 44 |
„ to which a supply of water has been added, | .. | 8 | 106 | 54 | 37 | 205 |
„ seats, new ones added to, | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 7 |
„ raisers, „ | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
„ pans, „ „ | .. | .. | 29 | 9 | 4 | 42 |
„ trups, „ | .. | 11 | .. | 6 | 2 | 19 |
„ floors of, repaired, | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
„ general repairs done to, | .. | .. | 34 | 4 | .. | 38 |
„ abolished, | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | 9 |
JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.