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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REPORT OE SANITA.RY INSPECTOR'S WORK,—(
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
Brought .forward | 235 | 471 | 363 | 286 | 1355 |
Fat, stale, deodorised | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Fish unfit for human food, pads of, destroyed | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 |
„ refuse removed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Foul matter ,, | 3 | .. | 5 | 1 | 9 |
,, „ deodorised | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 7 |
„ effluvia stopped | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Furniture, articles of, washed and disinfected, lots of | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
Galleries, walls, and ceilings of, lime-whited | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Gas stopped from entering houses | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Gullies, private, new ones furnished | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
„ ,, repaired | 3 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 35 |
„ „ unstopped and cleansed | 6 | .. | 11 | 6 | 23 |
„ „ old abolished | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
„ ,, deodorised, | .. | 12 | .. | 4 | 16 |
Heat, excess of, in dwellings, abate | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Houses, whitewashed and painted throughout | .. | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 |
„ roofs of, repaired | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ furnished with a full supply of water | 11 | 1 | 4 | .. | 16 |
Kitchens, front, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 32 |
,, back, ,, ,, ,, | 5 | 37 | 21 | 13 | 76 |
„ front, new floors furnished to. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ back, floors of, repaired | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 |
„ front, paint work of, washed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
,, ,, floors | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
,, back, ,, „ ,, | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
„ front,occupied contrary to law, cleared of occupants | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
,, back, ,, ,, ,, „ ,, | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ front, overcrowded ones „ ,, | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
,, „ deodorised | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
,, back, ,, | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Lead flats or gutters cleansed | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Lumber, foul, removed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Mattresses disinfected by Frazer's stove | .. | 7 | 10 | 35 | 52 |
,, „ Maw's cups | .. | 2 | 20 | 7 | 29 |
* One pad of 46 Plaice, one do. 48 Skate, one do. 29 Plaice, and 110 Oysters. | |||||
Carried forward | 280 | 564 | 485 | 415 | 1744 |