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.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,
FOR THE YEAR 1866.
nuisances removed or abated.
First Quarter.
Second Quarter.
Third Quarter.
Fourth Quarter.
For the
whole
Year.
Areas, front, lime-whited
1
4
68
4
77
„ back „
3
2
27
5
37
„ front, paving of, repaired
..
..
1
1
2
„ back„ „
..
1
..
3
4
„ cleansed ,
..
1
5
1
7
Abodes cleansed
1
2
8
1
12
Animal matter removed
..
1
2
..
3
Basement rooms, walls and ceilings lime-whited
..
3
30
5
47
passages „
..
4
32
6
42
„ stairs „ „
..
..
1
5
6
„ floors washed „ „
..
1
2
15
18
„ room floors washed „
2
..
1
..
3
Bedding purified
..
..
11
..
11
„ and bed clothes
1
..
..
1
3
„ destroyed
1
..
6
..
7
Beds and mattresses destroyed .
..
..
..
14
14
Bones removed
..
1
..
1
2
Butts, cisterns, and other water receptacles cleansed
..
1
18
8
27
„ „ „ „ lepaired
2
1
..
2
5
„ „ „ „ new ones added
• •
• •
1
• •
1
„ „ „ „ covers added to
• •
3
29
5
37
Cesspools cleansed out and filled up
3
2
1
• •
6
Courts, lime-whited
1
2
• •
2
5
Corpse interred by request
..
1
• •
..
1
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises
2
3
2
2
9
Drains re-constructed with pipes
3
4
..
..
7
„ defective pipes of, repaired
1
..
..
1
2
„ repaired ......
5
9
17
13
44
„ unstopped and cleansed
7
14
22
19
62
„ old ones not in use removed
..
1
..
..
1
„ traps added to
12
11
53
13
89
„ connections of, made good
..
..
12
..
12
„ foul ones cleansed
6
2
9
2
19
Carried forward
51
75
367
129
622