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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REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward, | 50 | 118 | 79 | 65 | 312 |
Fowls removed, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Fish baskets and boxes removed, | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Foul smells prevented, | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
Gas stopped from House, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Gullies cleansed, | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
„ repaired, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Houses, to which a full supply of water added, | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ painted and white-washed, | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 7 |
„ improvements made in the ventilation, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Kitchens, front, lime-whited or white-washed, | l | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
„ back, „ „ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
„ cleared of occupants, | 10 | 3 | .. | 1 | 14 |
Lumber removed, | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
Lead flats and gutters cleansed, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Pigs removed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Passages, entrance, lime-whited or white-washed, | 3 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
„ floors of, cleansed, | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Pipes, waste, repaired, | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Paint-work washed and cleansed, | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
Rain-water pipes unstopped and cleansed, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Rooms white-washed, | 17 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 83 |
„ dilapidations in, made good, | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
„ paint-work of, cleansed, | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
„ floors of, washed, | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
„ purified, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ overcrowded ones cleared, | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Rubbish removed from basements and vaults, | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
Smoke, | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Sheds, or outbuildings, lime-whited, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Stairs, main, white-washed, | 1 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 33 |
„ basement, | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
„ steps washed, | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Shops, walls and ceilings white-washed, | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Slops, offensive, removed, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Urinals trapped, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Vaults ventilated, | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Carried forward, | 121 | 237 | 148 | 111 | 617 |
20th May, 1865.
JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.