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. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rabbits removed, | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Rags „ | .. | .. | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
Rain-water pipes connected with sewers, | .. | .. | .. | 4 | . . | 4 |
., „ repaired, | .. | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 21 |
„ „ new ones added, | .. | . . | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 |
„ „ cleared, | .. | . . | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Rooms white-washed, | 40 | 68 | 101 | 49 | 40 | 298 |
„ repaired, | .. | .. | 15 | 2 | 10 | 27 |
Rubbish removed, | .. | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 29 |
Smoke abated, | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Stairs white-washed, | .. | 8 | 40 | 35 | 24 | 97 |
„ repaired, | .. | .. | . . | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ lighted and ventilated, | .. | .. | . . | .. | 1 | 1 |
Shops cleansed, white-washed, &c. | .. | 3 | . . | 3 | 5 | 11 |
Sewers, old branch removed, | .. | .. | . . | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Service pipes repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Soil pipes repaired, | .. | . . | 2 | 4 | .. | 6 |
Structures, dangerous, made safe, | .. | . . | .. | 8 | 8 | 16 |
Trades or businesses, nuisance from, abated, | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Urine stopped from coming into premises, | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Urinals cleansed, | .. | 9 | 2 | .. | 2 | 13 |
„ redrained, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ water supply added to, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ new ones added to premises, | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Vaults lime-whited, | .. | .. | 11 | 6 | .. | 17 |
„ repaired, | .. | . . | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
Vegetable refuse removed, | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | . . | 16 |
Water stopped from entering premises from street, | 5 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 18 | 102 |
„ from entering through roofs, | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | 12 |
Water-closets furnished with a supply of water, | .. | 88 | 26 | 22 | 13 | 149 |
„ new seats added to, | .. | .. | 19 | 8 | 14 | 41 |
„ new floors, „ | .. | .. | 12 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
„ raisers, „ | .. | . . | 15 | 5 | 12 | 32 |
„ traps, „ | .. | . . | 27 | 11 | 11 | 49 |
„ pans, „ | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 21 | 30 |
„ flaps, „ | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
„ soil pipes, „ | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 8 |
„ ventilated, | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 |
„ apparatus of, repaired, | .. | .. | 10 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
„ general repairs done to, | .. | 32 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 68 |
„ connections made good with drains, | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 7 |
„ pans of, cleansed, | .. | .. | 25 | 51 | 35 | 111 |
„ white-washed or lime-whited, | .. | 4 | .. | 47 | 45 | 96 |
„ cleansed generally, | .. | .. | 3 | 13 | .. | 16 |
„ abolished or removed, | .. | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 |
„ rebuilt, or new ones added, | .. | 8 | .. | 4 | 6 | 18 |