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, | 452 | 1208 | 1682 | 1472 | 1300 | 1546 | 1134 | 1020 | 970 | 1402 | 12,186 |
Cow houses, paving of, repaired, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ cleared of stock, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ ventilated, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
BAKE HOUSES. | |||||||||||
Bake houses, ventilation improved in, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Walls, ceilings, and other pipes lime whited, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 18 | 27 |
„l areas, lime whited, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ „ store room lime-whited, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 10 |
„ „ basement passages „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
„ „ „ stairs, „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 |
„ „ „ yards, „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
SUMMARY OF WORK. | |||||||||||
Number of nuisances removed, | 452 | 1208 | 1682 | 1472 | 1300 | 1546 | 1134 | 1020 | 979 | 1441 | 12,234 |
„ notices served, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 185 | 166 | 144 | 72 | 150 | 717 |
„ „ attended to, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 177 | 131 | 128 | 66 | 148 | 650 |
„ houses drained with 9-in.pipes, | .. | .. | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 30 |
„ „ „ 6-in. „ | 35 | 92 | 52 | 45 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 364 |
„ „ „ 4-in. „ | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
„ stables „ 6-in. „ | .. | .. | 10 | 29 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 44 |
„ scarlatina visited, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 49 | 1.38 | 48 | 20 | 57 | 312 |
„ typhus fever „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | 32 | 5 | 51 |
„ typhoid „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
„ continued „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 58 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 121 |
„ small-pox „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 244 | 4 | 9 | 260 |
„ diphtheria „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
„ measels „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
„ diarrhœa „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 4 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
„ dysentery „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | l | .. | 3 |
„ pneumonia „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ complaints received from the inhabitants of the parish, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 250 | 368 | .. | 159 | 225 | 1002 |
„ visits made to cow-sheds, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 68 | 79 | .. | 147 |
„ „ slaughter-houses, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 57 | 47 | 29 | 133 |
„ „ bake houses, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 73 | 133 | 206 |
„ „ houses & premises, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3738 | 3646 | 3320 | .. | .. | 10,704 |
„ workshops or rooms inspected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
„ tailors, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 | .. | .. | 59 |
„ shoemakers, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | .. | 16 |
„ milliners, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | 11 |
„ dressmakers, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 9 |
„ bookbinders, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
„ crinoline makers, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ shirt makers, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ envelope makers, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |