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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7, Brewer Street. Main drain, from basement stairs to
soil pipe in workshop, reconstructed with 6-inch pipes.
November 25th.
12, Brewer Street. Main drain let off. March 31st,
May 1st, and reconstructed from sewer up to water closets
in front area, with G-inch pipes. November 26th.
42, Broad Street. Branch drain cleansed and repaired,
March 4th.
7, Burlington Gardens. New 6-inch pipe from water
closet to sewer. June 3rd.
7½, Cross Street. Main and branch drains unstopped,
cleansed, and repaired. April 3rd.
1, Crown Court, Pall Mall. Main drain cleansed and
repaired. April 3rd.
6, Crown Court, Great. Main drain unstopped and
cleansed. May 22nd.
26, Crown Court, Great. Main drain unstopped
cleansed, and repaired. April 16th.
7, Denman Street. Main and branch drains reconstructed,
main of 9-inch and branches of 6-inch pipes.
January 7th.
21, Denman Street. Branch drain cleansed and repaired.
July 6th.
10, Duke street. Drain from rain-water pipe in yard,
to main in back kitchen, reconstructed with 6-inch pipes.
December 24th.
38, Duke Street. Main drain from vaults in front area
to water-closet in yard, reconstructed with 6-inch pipes.
October 22nd.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,—(
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 752 | 1637 | 1276 | 704 | 4369 |
Water-closets cleansed generally | 80 | 40 | 36 | 29 | 185 |
„ service pipes repaired | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 4 |
„ deodorised | . . | 12 | 20 | 8 | 40 |
„ waste pipes trapped | . . | 1 | . . | , , | 1 |
Workshops walls and ceilings white-washed | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 3 |
Windows repaired | 4 | . . | . . | 1 | 5 |
„ top sashes made to come down | 36 | 10 | . . | . . | 46 |
Yard walls of, lime-whited | 15 | 141 | 63 | 71 | 290 |
„ paving of, cleansed | 71 | 40 | 22 | 38 | 171 |
„ „ repaired | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 29 |
„ walls of, repaired | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
„ drained | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
„ paving deodorised | . . | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
SLAUGHTER HOUSES. | |||||
Walls of, lime-whited | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
STABLES. | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | 3 |
Main drains cleansed and repaired | 2 | . . | 1 | .. | 3 |
Paving of, repaired | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
Manure removed from | . . | 1 | . . | 2 | 3 |
Coach house white-washed | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
SCHOOLS, PUBLIC. | |||||
Urinals reconstructed and drained | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
Water-closets repaired generally | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 2 |
BAKE HOUSES. | |||||
Walls and ceilings of, lime-whited | . . | 31 | . . | . . | 31 |
„ „ of store rooms lime-whited | . . | 13 | . . | . . | 13 |
„ „ of basement stairs „ | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
„ of yards lime-whited | . .. . | 1 | . . | . . | I |
„ areas „ | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 2 |
Totals | 978 | 1938 | 1433 | 864 | 5213 |
Workshops or rooms visited | 112 | 163 | 855 | 73 | 1203 |
„ „ lime-whited | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 2 |
Abstracts delivered to employers and their workpeople | . . | 169 | 417 | 242 | 828 |