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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3, Norris Street. Main drain unstopped and repaired.
November 30th.
4, Norris Street. Main drain unstopped and repaired.
November 30th.
1, Poland Street. Drain in front area reconstructed with
pipes. April 24th.
10, Poland Street. Main drain let off. September 15th.
1, Pall Mall. Main drain of house reconstructed with 6
inch pipes, and connected direct with the branch sewer in
vault, August 7th.
2, Pall Mall. Main drain of house reconstructed with 6
inch pipes, and connected direct with the branch sewer in
vault. August 7th.
3, Pall Mall. Main drain of house reconstructed with 6
inch pipes, and connected direct with the branch sewer in
vault. August 7th.
4, Pall Mall. Main drain of house reconstructed with 6
inch pipes, and connected direct with the branch sewer in
vault. August 7th.
5, Pall mall. Main drain of house reconstructed with 6
inch pipes, and connected direct with the branch sewer in
vault. August 7th.
5½ Pall mall. Main drain of house reconstructed with 6
inch pipes, and connected direct with the branch sewer in
vault. August 7th.
24, Portland Street. Main drain reconstructed with 6 inch
pipes from back Area to front ditto. September 19th.
48, Piccadilly. A new main drain put down, from sewer up
to water-closet on basement, main of 9 inch, branches of 6 inch
pipes, December 11th.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,-(
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 216 | 431 | 1729 | 348 | 2762 |
Water-closets apparates, new or repaired | 2 | 8 | 81 | 24 | 65 |
„ general dilapidations in, repaired | 1 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 34 |
„ pans of, cleansed of soil | 6 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 71 |
„ „ foul ones cleansed | .. | 4 | 63 | 23 | 90 |
„ „ flaps added to | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ Floors new or repaired | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
„ rebuilt | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
„ cleansed generally | 10 | 13 | 79 | 91 | 104 |
Windows repaired | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
„ top washes made to move down | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 8 |
Yard, walls of, lime-whited | 8 | 21 | 95 | 2 | 126 |
„ Paving of, repaired | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
„ „ cleansed | 5 | 3 | 5 | 73 | 86 |
„ walls of repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
SLAUGHTER HOUSES. | |||||
Walls of, lime-whited | .. | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
Yards „ | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Sheep pens | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 |
Offal and blood removed | .. | .. | 57 | 73 | 130 |
STABLES. | |||||
Stables white-washed | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | |
Main drains of yards let off | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Menure removed from | .. | 1 | 14 | 62 | 77 |
Yards of, cleansed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
BAKE-HOUSES. | |||||
Walls and ceilings of, line whited | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
„ „ store rooms | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ „ basement stairs | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
„ „ of yards | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ „ front areas | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. | |||||
Urinal, walls cleansed | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Drains, traps furnished to | .. | .. | |||
„ pipes, offentive ones cleansed and altered | 2 | .. | 1 | ||
Yard walls time whited | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Aros walls | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Dust line, dilapidated ones repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ covers furnished to | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Carried forward | 27 | 139 | 21134 | 782 | 1247 |