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. Fames’s, Mestminster.
Drains reconstructed, cleansed, repaired, &c., during
the Year 1869.
10, Air Street. Branch drains in yard reconstructed
from water closet to main of 6-inch, and from rain water
pipe to main of 4-inch pipes. October 6th.
5, Archer Street. Drains reconstructed from sewer to
gully in yard, main of 6-inch and branches of 4-inch pipes.
March 25th.
9, Archer Street. Main drain let off. March 9th.
12, Archer Street. Branch drain unstopped and cleansed.
November 4th.
15, Archer Street. Branch drain in yard reconstructed
with 4-inch pipes. September 27th.
4, Beak Street. Main and branch drains cleansed and
repaired. April 16th.
9, Beak Street, Main drain repaired. April 2nd.
10, Beak Street. Main drain reconstructed with 6-inch
pipes. April 2nd.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR 'S WORK,—(
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 050 | 1814 | 1575 | 741 | 4780 |
Water closets, floors repaired | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
„ pans, new ones furnished | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 25 |
„ „ repaired | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ apparatus of, repaired | 16 | 48 | 46 | 19 | 129 |
„ doors added to | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
„ „ repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ repaired generally | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
„ ventilation of, improved | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 7 |
„ lighted | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
„ traps, new ones furnished | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
„ „ repaired | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
„ new ones furnished | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
„ rebuilt | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 |
„ deodorised | 1 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 45 |
Wells cleansed | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Windows repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ top sashes of, made to move down | .. | 2 | 9 | • 9 | 11 |
Yards, walls of, lime-whited | 4 | 184 | 138 | 7 | 338 |
„ paving of, cleansed | 28 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 81 |
„ „ repaired | 6 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 54 |
„ „ deodorised | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
STABLES. | |||||
Walls and ceilings lime-whited | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Manure removed from | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
BAG SHOPS. | |||||
Walls and ceilings white-washed | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 7 |
BAKE-HOUSES. | |||||
Walls and ceilings of, lime-whited | .. | 14 | 6 | .. | 20 |
„ „ store rooms, lime-whited | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 8 |
„ „ basement passages, lime-whited .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ „ „ stairs „ | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 7 |
„ of areas lime-whited | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
„ yards | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ water closets lime-whited | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ „ foul pans cleansed | .. | 12 | 4 | .. | 16 |
Bed room removed from groundfloor to top of house | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Carried forward | 730 | 2153 | 1879 | 852 | 5614 |