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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St. James's, Westminster.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,
FOR THE YEAR 1864.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Areas, front lime-whited, | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| „ back, „ | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| „ front, paving of, repaired, | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| „ back, „ „ | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| „ cleansed, | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Animal matter removed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Abodes cleansed, | 4 | 7 | 1 | .. | 12 |
| Basements lime-whited, | 2 | 10 | .. | 6 | 18 |
| „ passages lime-whited, | .. | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| „ stairs, „ | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 26 |
| „ floors washed, | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Bedding foul, washed, | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Bones removed, | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Butts, cisterns, and other water receptacles cleansed, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| „ „ „ „ repaired, | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| „ „ „ „ covers added to, | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| „ „ „ „ new ones furnished, | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Cesspools cleansed out and filled up, | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Corpse human, interred by request, | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Courts, walls of, lime-whited, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Clothing washed, | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Drainage matter, stopped from entering Premises, | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Drains re-constructed, with pipes, | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | 10 |
| „repaired, | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| „unstopped and cleansed, | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 40 |
| „connected with Main Sewer, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| „old ones not in use removed, | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| „ traps added to, | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| „ connections of, made good, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Dust-bins cleansed, | 4 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 41 |
| „ new ones furnished, | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| „ tops and covers added to, | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
| „ repaired, | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | 9 |
| Dilapidations, exterior, made good, | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| „ interior, „ | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| Damp prevented, | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Dwellings, the ventilation of, improved, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| ,, overcrowded ones cleared, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Carried forward, | 50 | 118 | 79 | 65 | 312 |