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]
This page requires JavaScript
70
3, Bentinck Street. Main and branch drains unstopped
and repaired. April 15th.
4, Bentinck Street. Drains from door of back kitchen
to water closet reconstructed main of 6 and branches of
4-inch pipes. February 22nd.
5, Bentinck Street. Main drain from front wall of back
kitchen to water closet reconstructed with 6-inch pipes.
January 13th.
10, Bentinck Street. Branch drain repaired. November
5th. Main drain unstopped, cleansed, and repaired.
November 18th.
55, Berwick Street. Branch drain unstopped, cleansed,
and repaired. January 22nd.
70, Berwick Street. Main and branch drains unstopped
and cleansed. October 16th.
77, Berwick Street. Main drain unstopped and cleansed.
January 1st.
10, Blenheim Street. Branch drain in yard repaired and
connected with main drain. July 23rd.
15, Blenheim Street. Branch drain unstopped and
cleansed, April 8.
37, Broad Street. Branch drain repaired. April 8th.
Main and branch drains let off. July 27th.
42, Broad Street. Branch drain from front area to back
kitchen reconstructed with 4-inch pipes. January 23rd.
44, Broad Street. Branch drain repaired. October 22nd.
10, Bury Street. Main drain let off. May 7th.
11, Bury Street. Main drain let off. May 17th.
REPORT OP SANITARY INSPECTORS WORK ,-
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter, | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 730 | 2153 | 1879 | 852 | 5 614 |
SCHOOLS. | |||||
Passages, entrance walls and ceilings, white-washed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Rooms „ „ „ | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Stairs, main „ „ „ | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 |
„ basement „ „ | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
WORKSHOPS. | |||||
Walls and ceilings of, white-washed | 4 | 5 | 2 | .. | 11 |
Urinals cleansed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Water closets „ | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ white-washed | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Total | 731 | 2167 | 1881 | 852 | 5634 |
A SUMMARY OF WORK DURING THE YEAR.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of complaints made | 50 | 59 | 59 | 54 | 222 |
„ notices served | 34 | 60 | 81 | 44 | 219 |
„ „ aftended to | 26 | 39 | 87 | 45 | 197 |
„ complaints made under Workshop Begulation Act | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
„ visits made „ „ | 7 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 37 |
„ inspections made to Slaughter houses | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
„ fever cases visited | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ scarlet fever cases visited | 12 | 13 | 47 | 91 | 163 |
typhus „ „ | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
„ typhoid „ „ | 5 | .. | 1 | 12 | 18 |
„ continued „ „ | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
„ diptheria „ „ | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ small-pox „ „ | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | 10 |
„ diarrhoea „ „ | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 5 |
„ houses drained with 6-inch pipes | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
„ „ „ 9 „ | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
„ nuisances removed | 784 | 2167 | 1881 | 852 | 5634 |