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 OR ABATED. | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward, | 355 | 864 | 1153 | 836 | 866 | 1135 | 717 | 638 | 612 | 905 | 8081 |
| Urinals cleansed, | .. | 9 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 23 |
| „ repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| „ drains of, unstopped, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| „ trapped, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| „ new ones added to premises, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| „ water added to, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ re-drained, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Vaults lime-whited, | .. | .. | 11 | 6 | .. | 3 | 9 | 10 | .. | 7 | 46 |
| „ repaired, | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| „ ventilated, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 |
| Vegetable refuse removed, | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | .. | 2 | 28 |
| Water stopped from entering premises, | 5 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 181 |
| Water-closets lime-whited, | .. | 8 | 30 | 58 | 48 | 101 | 53 | 77 | 65 | 114 | 554 |
| „ ventilated, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| „ ventilation in, improved, | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| „ abolished, | .. | 7 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 30 |
| „ furnished with a water supply, | .. | 96 | 132 | 76 | 50 | 57 | 47 | 56 | 27 | 46 | 587 |
| „ rebuilt or new ones added, | .. | 8 | .. | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 31 |
| „ seats, new or repaired, | .. | .. | 26 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 97 |
| „ raisers, „ „ | .. | .. | 18 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 72 |
| „ Pans „ „ | .. | .. | 29 | 18 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 132 |
| „ flaps, „ „ | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 |
| „ traps, „ „ | .. | 11 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 122 |
| „ „ repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| „ soil pipes, new or repaired, | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| „ apparatus, | .. | .. | 10 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 29 | 120 |
| „ general dilapidations repaired | .. | 32 | 53 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 160 |
| „ connections made with drain, | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| „ pans of, cleansed of soil, | .. | .. | 35 | 51 | 35 | 35 | 44 | 40 | 28 | 52 | 320 |
| „ floors of, new or repaired, | .. | .. | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 49 |
| „ cleansed generally, | .. | 61 | 3 | 46 | 25 | .. | 27 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 257 |
| „ soil pipes unstopped, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| „ safes added to, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Walls repaired, | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
| Workshops cleansed, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ drained, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Windows repaired, | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 18 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 10 | 34 |
| „ top sashes made to come down, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | 1 | 24 |
| Water stopped from coming in through | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| roof, - | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 20 |
| Yards walls of, lime-whited, | .. | 23 | 49 | 60 | 34 | 65 | 42 | 61 | 51 | 92 | 477 |
| „ paving of, cleansed, | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 9 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 37 |
| „ repaired, | .. | .. | 15 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 93 |
| „ walls of repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| „ drained, | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| „ rubbish removed from, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Miscellaneous nuisances removed, | 44 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 |
| Carried forward, | 449 | 1177 | 1667 | 1273 | 1220 | 1521 | 1104 | 992 | 946 | 1388 | 11,737 |