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, | 90 | 122 | 147 | 147 | 506 |
Dwellings, the ventilation of, improved in, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Dogs removed, | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Fowls removed, | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Foul smells prevented, | 6 | 8 | 6 | 25 | |
Fish stale, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Filth cleansed away, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gas stopped from entering Houses and Premises, | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 8 |
Gullies cleansed, | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
„ repaired, | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Houses to which a full supply of water added, | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
„ painted, white-washed, &c., | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | 7 |
„ to which drains have been added, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ repaired generally, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Kitchens lime-whited, front, | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
„ „ hack, | 3 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 37 |
„ cleared of occupants, front, | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Lumber removed, | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 |
Lead flats and gutters cleansed, | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Oyster shells removed, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Passages entrance lime-whited, | 1 | 10 | 24 | 18 | 53 |
„ floors of, washed, | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Paint work washed and cleansed, | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
Privies panned and trapped, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Rain-water pipes repaired, | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
„ „ unstopped and cleansed, | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 |
„ „ trapped, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ stopped from rooms, | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Rooms, walls, and ceilings white washed, | 7 | 27 | 28 | 14 | 76 |
„ dilapidations in, made good, | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
„ floors of, washed, | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
„ „ repaired, - | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ cleared of occupants, unfit, | 2 | .. | 2 | ||
„ over-crowded ones cleared, | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ ventilation of, attended to, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ „ improved in, | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
„ painted and cleansed, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rubbish removed, | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
Carried forward. | 139 | 222 | 246 | 228 | 835 |