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.
SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK
FOR NINE YEARS PRECEDING 1866.
Nuisances removed or abated. | 1850 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | Total. |
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Areas, front, lime-whited, | .. | .. | 21 | 25 | 24 | 38 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 32 | 188 |
,, back, ,, | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 34 | 96 |
,, front, paving of repaired, | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | . . | .. | 2 | 3 | 10 |
,, back, ,, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
cleansed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 8 |
,, front cleansed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
,, front drained, | .. | .. | 32 | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 41 |
Animals removed, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 23 |
Animal matter | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
,, unfit for human food destroyed, | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Abodes cleansed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 7 | |
Basements lime-whited, | .. | 10 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 165 |
,, passages lime-whited, | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 94 |
,, stairs, ,, | .. | 8 | .. | 13 | 22 | 38 | 32 | 13 | 26 | 24 | 176 |
,, floors washed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 19 | 21 |
,, drained, | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | '.. | .. | .. | 13 |
,, ,, repaired, | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
,, improved ventilation, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Bedding foul, cleansed, | .. | .. | .. . | .. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
,, destroyed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | ||
Bones removed, | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 21 |
Butts, cisterns, and other water recep | |||||||||||
tacles, covers added, | 29 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 82 |
,, „ „ repaired, | . . | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 41 |
,, ,, ,, new ones added, | . . | .. | 20 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 31 |
,, ,, ,, cleansed, | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 60 |
,, ,, „ abolished, | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cesspools cleansed out and filled up, | 2 | 56 | 64 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 228 |
,, matter removed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Clothing washed and purified, | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Corpse human, interred by request, | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 17 |
Cats nuisance, removed, | .. | . . | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Courts, walls, &c. lime whited, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 18 |
,, floors of, cleansed, | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
,, paving of, repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises, | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 115 |
Drains re-constructed with pipes, | .. | 92 | 68 | 50 | 51 | 29 | 32 | 19 | 10 | .. | 351 |
,, repaired, | .. | 43 | 35 | 31 | 47 | 45 | 32 | 30 | 23 | 39 | 325 |
,, unstopped and cleansed, | 35 | 61 | 40 | 49 | 82 | 48 | 65 | 57 | 40 | 56 | 533 |
,, connected with Main Sewer, | .. | .. | 20 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 56 |
Carried forward. | 93 | 317 | 377 | 293 | 353 | 385 | 284 | 229 | 111 | 297 | 2839 |