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. James's, Westminster.
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Animal matter removed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Areas, front, lime-whited | 6 | 84 | 31 | 3 | 124 |
,, back ,, | 1 | 60 | 19 | 1 | 81 |
„ front, paving of, cleansed | 12 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 40 |
,, back ,, ,, | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
„ front „ repaired | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ back „ deodorised | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 5 |
Basements, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 1 | 11 | 4 | .. | 16 |
„ floors of, washed | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 6 |
„ „ deodorised | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ rooms, walls, and ceilings, whitewashed , | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
„ ,, floors of, washed | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
„ stairs, walls, and ceilings, whitewashed | 8 | 63 | 37 | 4 | 112 |
„ „ paint work of, washed | .. | 6 | .. | 4 | 10 |
,, ,, steps of | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
„ passages, walls, and ceilings, whitewashed | 3 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 50 |
„ „ floors of, washed | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Baskets, fish foul, removed | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ „ deodorised | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Beds disinfected with Frazer's stove | 91 | 95 | 79 | 145 | 410 |
,, „ Maw's cups | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 |
„ „ Condy's fluid | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
,, washed | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
„ destroyed | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Bed clothes disinfected with Frazer's stove, lots of | 44 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 101 |
„ „ Maw's cups „ | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
„ „ Condy's fluid | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
,, washed | 3 | .. | 0 | .. | 3 |
„ destroyed | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 |
Bolsters | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Bones, stale, removed | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Butts or cisterns cleansed | .. | 15 | 19 | 8 | 42 |
„ „ covers furnished to | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
„ „ new ones furnished | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
„ ,, reparied | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
„ „ apparatus of, repaired | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
Carried forward | 188 | 423 | 258 | 230 | 1099 |