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,—( Continued.)
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 73 | 260 | 168 | 179 | 680 |
Corpses human interred by request | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Courts, walls of, lime-whited | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Damp prevented | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Dilapidations, exterior, made good | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
„ interior | 2 | 10 | 25 | 11 | 54 |
Dogs removed | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
„ removed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Drains, foul ones cleansed | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
„ repaired | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 37 |
„ reconstructed with 9 inch pipes | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
„ „ 6 „ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
„ flaps furnished to 9 inch pipes | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
„ unstopped | 11 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 79 |
„ connected with sewer | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ traps added to | 16 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 82 |
„ defective ones made effective | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
„ abolished | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
„ deodorised | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Dust-bins cleansed | 46 | 136 | 38 | 76 | 296 |
„ covers furnished to | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 46 |
„ repaired | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 33 |
„ new ones furnished to houses | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 |
Dwellings, over-crowded ones cleared | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
„ ventilation of, improved | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ cleansed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Foul smells stopped | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
Fish unfit for human food destroyed | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Fat, stale, removed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Gas stopped from entering houses | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Gullies cleansed | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
„ repaired | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Houses drained with 9 inch pipes | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
„ „ 6 „ | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
„ to which a full supply of water has been added. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Kitchens, front, cleared of lodgers | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ „walls and ceilings lime-whited | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 34 |
„ „floors of, washed | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
„ „ cleared of occupants | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
Carried forward | 244 | 543 | 352 | 376 | 1515 |