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.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK
DURING THE YEAR 1874.
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Animal Matter, deodorised and removed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Areas, front, lime whited | 6 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 82 |
,, back ,, | 2 | 50 | 18 | 2 | 72 |
„ front paving of, repaired | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
,, back ,, ,, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ „ dangerous, made safe | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
„ front, paving of, cleansed | .. | 5 | 3 | .. | 8 |
,, back ,, ,, | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Basements, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 9 |
,. floors of, washed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Beds, disinfected with Frazer's stove | 16 | 6 | 26 | 48 | 96 |
„ „ sulphur | .. | .. | 8 | 16 | 24 |
„ washed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ destroyed | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
???ed clothes disinfected with Frazer's stove, lots of | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 49 |
„ „ sulphur „ | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 11 |
„ „ fluids ,, | .. | .. | 3 | 21 | 24 |
„ washed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
???ones, stale, removed | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
„ deodorised | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
???utts or cisterns cleansed | .. | 3 | 14 | 4 | 21 |
„ new ones furnished | 12 | 5 | .. | .. | 17 |
„ repaired | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ covers furnished to | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
„ apparatus furnished to | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
„ „ repaired | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 |
„ waste pipes disconnected from drains | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |
???esspools cleansed out and filled up | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 |
???himneys repaired | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
???orpse, human, coffined, deodorised and removed | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 7 |
„ „ „ and interred by order | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
???ourts, walls of, lime whited | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
???amp prevented | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Carried forward | 49 | 152 | 129 | 141 | 471 |