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 1867.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Areas, front, lime whited | 9 | 58 | 22 | 19 | 108 |
| „ „ paving of, cleansed | 7 | 16 | 19 | 30 | 72 |
| „ „ „ repaired | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| „ back, walls of, lime-whited | 3 | 38 | 20 | 9 | 70 |
| „ „ paving of, cleansed | 2 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 42 |
| „ „ „ repaired | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 |
| Abodes cleansed | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 17 |
| Animal matter removed | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Bake houses walls and ceilings lime-whited | .. | 31 | .. | .. | 31 |
| „ „ „ of stairs lime-whited | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 8 |
| „ „ „ store rooms „ | .. | 12 | .. | .. | 12 |
| „ „ of yards „ | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ „ of areas „ | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Basements, walls and ceilings lime-whited | 4 | 11 | .. | 7 | 22 |
| „ stairs „ „ | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| „ steps of, washed | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 |
| „ passages, walls and ceilings lime-whited | 4 | .. | .. | 12 | 17 |
| „ „ floors of, repaired | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ „ „ washed | .. | .. | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| „ rooms, walls and ceilings white-washed | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| „ „ floors of, cleansed | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Beds destroyed | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Bedding washed | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| „ purified | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Bones removed | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 8 |
| Butts or cisterns cleansed | 4 | .. | 16 | 2 | 74 |
| „ „ apparatus to, repaired | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 |
| „ ,, repaired | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| „ „ covers added to | 21 | .. | 16 | 13 | 59 |
| „ new ones furnished | 3 | .. | 6 | .. | 9 |
| Carpeting destroyed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Clothing „ | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
| „ disinfected | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Cesspools cleansed out and filled up | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Coach-house walls and ceilings lime-whited | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Carried forward | 73 | 260 | 168 | 179 | 680 |