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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27, Crown Court, Grent. Main drain estopped. May 18th.
40, Haymarket. A portion of the drain ??? with
6 inch peper. August 2nd.
8, Husband Street. Drain let off. May 8th.
10, Hodon Court. Main drain unstopped. August 14th.
11, Heddon Court. Main drain unstopped. August 14th.
8, James Street Lower. Main drain reconstructed with 6 inch piper from front wall of house.
4, James Street, Upper. Main drain unstoped. May 2nd.
4, Kind Street, Pall Mall. Drains repaired. March 29th.
21, King Street, Pall Mall. Drain from water-closet
repaired. February 26th.
7, ??? Street. Main drain unstopped. June 21 st.
46, Marlborough Street, Great. House drained from main
power up to party wall of back kitchen with 9 inch piper, and
from thence through wine collar with 6 inch ditto, all the branches 6 inch. February 26th.
11, Marshall street. Main drain let off. May 2nd.
46, Marshall Street, School. Drain from boys water-closet,
repaired with piper. February.
46, Marshall street. National School, drain from Boys
water-closet let off. November 14th.
16, New Street. Main drain let off. August 21st,
1 Norris Street, Main drain unstopped. November 30th.
2, Norris Street. Main drain unstopped. November 30th.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,—(
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 120 | 187 | 725 | 229 | 1261 |
Rain-water pipes repaired | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
,, ,, unstopped and cleansed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | (! |
,, ,, trapped | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Rain-water stopped from rooms | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
Rooms, walls and ceilings white-washed | 30 | 95 | 472 | 48 | 045 |
,, floors of, washed | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
,, „ repaired | .. | 12 | .. | 1 | 13 |
„ over-crowded ones cleared | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 7 |
„ ventilation of, attended to | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ „ improved in | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | 9 |
“purified | .. | .. | .. | l | 1 |
Rubbish removed | .. | 12 | 4 | 18 | |
Rabbits removed | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Smoke | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Stairs, main, white-washed | 11 | 17 | 155 | 8 | 191 |
„ basement, white-washed | .. | 6 | 70 | .. | 70 |
„ „ steps washed | 4 | 3 | .. | 10 | 17 |
Shops, walls and ceilings white-washed | .. | 7 | 30 | 1 | 38 |
Sheds and out-buildings lime-whited | 1 | 2 | 7 | .. | 10 |
Structures dangerous, made safe | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Urinals cleansed | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
„ public ones cleansed | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 8 |
Urine, nuisance from, stopped | 1 | •• | 1 | • • | 2 |
Vaults lime-whited | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 18 |
Vegetable refuse removed | •• | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Water stopped from entering premises . | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 10 |
Water-closets lime-whited | 13 | 34 | 118 | 2 | 107 |
„ ventilation improved in | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ furnished with a supply of water | 4 | 10 | 61 | 31 | 100 |
„ seats, new ones added to | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 |
,, seats of, repaired | .. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
,, raisers, new ones added | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
,, ,, repaired | 2 | 7 | .. | 3 | 12 |
„ pans, new | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
,, traps, new | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
,, soil pipes, new | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
„ ,, repaired | .. | 2 | .. | 12 | 14 |
,, service pipes repaired | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Carried forward | 216 | 431 | 1729 | 386 | 2762 |