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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SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,—(
NUISANCES REMOVED OB ABATED. | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 93 | 317 | 377 | 293 | 353 | 385 | 284 | 229 | 211 | 297 | 2839 |
Drains, old ones not in use removed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
„ traps added to, | .. | .. | 114 | 54 | 43 | 53 | 69 | 48 | 16 | 18 | 415 |
„ „ made effectual by air, | .. | .. | 33 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 33 |
„ connections made good, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
„ relaid, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Dust-bins cleansed, | 207 | 152 | 83 | 87 | 116 | 93 | 80 | 46 | 41 | 119 | 1024 |
„ new ones furnished, | .. | 12 | 18 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 111 |
„ tops and covers added to, | .. | 28 | 54 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 154 |
„ repaired, | .. | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 62 |
Dilapidations, exterior, made good, | .. | 9 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 67 |
„ interior, „ | .. | 47 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 133 |
Dogs removed, | .. | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 27 |
Damp prevented, | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 61 |
Dwellings supplied with water-closets, | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
„ ventilations of, improved, | .. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
„ unfit for occupation, cleared | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
„ overcrowded ones cleared, | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .. | 35 |
Eggs rotten, removed, | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Flaps added to mouth of drains, | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Fowls removed, | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Fat stale removed, | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Filth removed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Fish, unfit for human food, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Fish baskets, foul ones, removed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
„ refuse removed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Foul smells prevented, | .. | 58 | 108 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 14 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 366 |
Furniture cleansed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Fruit, decayed, removed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Gas stopped from houses, &c. | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 73 |
Grains, brewer's stale, removed, | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Gullies cleansed, | .. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 38 |
„ repaired, | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 34 | |
Houses to which a full supply of water added, | .. | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 63 |
„ painted and white-washed, | .. | 43 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 108 |
„ to which drains have been added | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 |
„ improvements of ventilation in, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ repaired generally, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Heat excessive, | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Kitchen, front, lime-whited or whitewashed, | .. | .. | 17 | 13 | 12 | 38 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 105 |
„ back, „ „ | .. | .. | 24 | 26 | 19 | 36 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 37 | 193 |
„ front repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ back repaired, | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
„ cleared of occupants, | 3 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 8 | .. | 14 | 2 | 94 |
Carried forward | 315 | 745 | 931 | 663 | 714 | 810 | 566 | 449 | 394 | 609 | 6196 |
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