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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 1869
[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 the whole Tear. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 84 | 361 | 347 | 157 | 949 |
| Cesspools cleansed out and filled up | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 |
| „ deodorised | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Carpets cleansed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| „ disinfected | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Clothing washed and purified | 5 | .. | .. | 23 | 28 |
| Corpse, human, interred by order | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Courts, walls of lime-whited | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| „ paving of, cleansed | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Drainage matter stopped from entering premises | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 | 9 |
| „ removed | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| „ deodorised | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| Drains reconstructed with 9 inch pipes | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
| „ „ 6 „ | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| „ branch reconstructed with 4-inch pipes | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ unstopped and cleansed | 12 | 32 | 12 | 24 | 80 |
| „ let off | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
| „ repaired | 5 | 20 | 7 | .. | 32 |
| „ old ones not in use abolished | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ traps furnished to | 36 | 45 | 28 | 20 | 129 |
| „ „ defective made good | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ of 6-inch pipes taken up and relaid | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
| „ „ repaired | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| ,, dips added to | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ reconstructed with pipes | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | 13 |
| „ repaired „ | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ connected with sewer | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ brick repaired | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 |
| „ deodorised | 3 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 36 |
| Damp prevented | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Dilapidations, exterior, made good | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| „ interior „ | 2 | .. | 3 | 20 | 25 |
| Dust bins cleansed | 120 | 131 | 70 | 68 | 389 |
| „ new ones furnished | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| „ tops and covers furnished to | 1 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 38 |
| „ repaired | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| „ deodorised | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 7 |
| Dwellings, overcrowded ones cleared.. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Fat, stale, removed | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Fish, unfit for human food; pads destroyed | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Foul matter removed | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| „ smells prevented | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| Carried forward | 308 | 678 | 550 | 378 | 1914 |