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,—(
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 49 | 152 | 129 | 141 | 471 |
Dangerous structures made safe | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Dilapidations, exterior, made good | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
„ interior „ | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 |
Dogs removed | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Drains, 9-inch pipes, taken up and relaid | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
,, 6 ,, ,, ,, | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
„ reconstructed with 9-inch pipes | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 6 |
,, ,, 6 ,, ,, | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
,, ,, 4 ,, ,, | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
,, connected to deep sewer with 6-inch pipes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ unstopped and cleansed | 3 | 8 | 3 | .. | 14 |
„ „ „ and repaired | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
„ repaired | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
„ branch, new ones of 4-inch pipes furnished | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
„ syphons furnished to | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ dip traps „ | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
„ traps | 18 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 51 |
„ old brick abolished | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
„ deodorised | 1 | 9 | 150 | 84 | 244 |
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ removed | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
„ deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Dust bins cleansed | 65 | 66 | 78 | 57 | 266 |
„ new ones furnished | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | 9 |
„ covers furnished to | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
,, doors ,, | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
„ repaired „ | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
„ deodorised | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 8 |
Dwellings, dirty ones cleared of occupants | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ overcrowded „ | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
*Eggs, stale, removed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Fat ,, ,, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Fat ,, deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
†Fish unfit for human food destroyed, lots of | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Foul matter removed | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
„ deodorised | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
„ effluvia stopped | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Furniture, articles of, disinfected and washed, lots of | 2 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 30 |
* 8 Tubs of Eggs. † 11 lbs. of Eels. | |||||
Carried forward | 190 | 283 | 439 | 323 | 1235 |