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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St James's 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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REPORT. OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,—(
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For thewholeYear. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 100 | 470 | 349 | 100 | 1037 |
| Drains reconstructed with 6 inch pipes | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| „ „ 9 „ | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| „ „ 12 „ | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
| „ brick, repaired | 20 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 45 |
| „ Pipe „ | . . | . . | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| „ unstopped and cleansed | 23 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 66 |
| „ connected with main sewer | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
| „ old ones not in use removed | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 2 |
| „ traps added to | 26 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 82 |
| „ deodorised | . . | 11 | 22 | 3 | 36 |
| Dust bins cleansed | 80 | 167 | 89 | 88 | 424 |
| „ new ones furnished | . . | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| „ tops and covers added to | . . | 5 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| „ repaired | . . | 2 | 3 | . . | 5 |
| „ deodorised | 3 | 3 | |||
| Dilapidations, exterior, made good | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 29 |
| „ interior, „ | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 |
| Dogs removed | . . | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Damp prevented | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| Dwellings, over-crowded ones, cleared | . . | . . | 4 | . . | 4 |
| Fat, 6tale, removed | . . | . . | 3 | .. | 3 |
| *Fish unfit for human food, destroyed | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| „ baskets, foul ones removed | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
| „ refuse removed | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
| Foul smells prevented | 8 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| „ matter removed | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 3 |
| Gas stopped from entering houses, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | 3 |
| Gullies, private, cleansed | 24 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 39 |
| „ „ repaired | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| „ „ deodorised | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
| Houses to which a full supply of water has been added.. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| „ painted and white washed | 5 | . . | . . | . . | 5 |
| „ improvements of ventilation in | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
| Kitchens front limp-whited or white-washed | 7 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 93 |
| „ back „ „ | 5 | 69 | 59 | 9 | 142 |
| Carried forward | 546 | 866 | 674 | 314 | 2200 |
| * March 4th, 48 Plaice; April 27th, 44 ditto ; April 30th, D3 ditto; September 8th, 36 ditto; October 22nd, 14 ditto. | |||||