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.
Brains reconstructed, cleansed, repaired, &c., during
the Year 1867.
2, Angel Court, Great Windmill Street. Main drain
cleansed and repaired. February 14th.
15, Archer Street. Branch drain in yard reconstructed
with 4-inch pipes. September 14th.
8, Argyll Street, Little. The drainage of the back
premises brought through cellar by a 4½-inch iron pipe,
and connected to main drain of house. May 31st.
11, Bentinck Street, Main drain unstopped, cleansed,
and repaired. July 20th.
32, Berwick Street. Drains of house and premises
reconstructed from sewer to yard, main of 9-inch and
branches of 6-inch pipes. November 26th.
7, Blue Ball Yard. Main drain repaired, and branch
ditto from washing trough to main reconstructed with
6-inch pipes. August 28th.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S W ORK,—( Continued.)
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 305 | 880 | 671 | 642 | 2498 |
Stairs, basement walls and ceilings white-washed | 8 | 37 | 24 | .. | 69 |
„ „ steps of, washed | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | 9 |
Stables, drains reconstructed with 9 inch pipes | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
„ trapped | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ drains repaired with 6 inch pipes | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ walls and ceilings of, lime-whited | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ horse nuisance from neglect removed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ manure removed from | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
„ yard manure removed from. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
Structures, dangerous ones made safe | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
Sheds lime-whited | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Trades or business, nuisance from, abated | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Urinals, private ones cleansed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Urinals, private ones repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ „ nuisance from, stopped | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Vaults lime-whited | 1 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 33 |
Vegetable refuse removed | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
Water-closets to which a full supply of water has been added | 45 | 12 | 55 | 20 | 132 |
„ walls of, lime-whited | 15 | 74 | 37 | 20 | 146 |
„ pans of, cleansed of soil | 40 | 40 | 23 | 52 | 155 |
„ apparatus of, repaired | 37 | 8 | 42 | 21 | 108 |
„ „ furnished to | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ repairs done to, generally | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
„ cleansed generally | 84 | 48 | 56 | 78 | 266 |
„ pans, new ones added to | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 28 |
„ traps, new ones added to | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
„ pans, foul ones cleansed | 45 | 24 | 34 | 39 | 142 |
„ doors, new ones furnished to | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | 6 |
„ seats of, repaired | 5 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 29 |
„ „ new ones furnished to | 7 | .. | 4 | .. | 11 |
„ raisers, „ „ | 6 | 4 | 4 | .. | 14 |
„ „ repaired | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
„ floor new onces furnished to | 6 | .. | 3 | 8 | 17 |
„ repaired | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
„ flaps furnished to seats | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ removed | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
„ new ones built | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
„ service pipes repaired | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 7 |
Carried forward | 643 | 1185 | 1034 | 940 | 3802 |