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 | 190 | 283 | 439 | 232 | 1235 |
Gas stopped from entering houses | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Gullies private, new ones furnished | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 |
„ repaired | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
„ unstopped and cleansed | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
Houses whitewashed and painted throughout | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 |
„ furnished with a full supply of water | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Kitchens, front, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 20 |
,, back ,, „ | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 53 |
„ „ floors of, repaired | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
,, front, paint work of, washed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
,, ,, floors ,, | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
,, back „ ,, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ front,occupied contrary to law,cleared of occupants | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 |
„ back „ ,, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Lead flats or gutters cleansed | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 |
repaired | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Lumber, foul, removed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Mattresses disinfected with Frazer's stove | 10 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 73 |
,, ,, sulphur | .. | .. | 6 | 11 | 17 |
foul, removed | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
„ „ destroyed | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Miscellaneous articles,disinfected with Eraser's stove,lots of | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 38 |
,, ,, ,, sulphur „ | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 9 |
„ „ „ fluids „ | .. | .. | 1 | 50 | 51 |
„ washed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Passages, main, or entrance, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 7 | 44 | 20 | 1 | 72 |
,, „ paint work of, washed | 1 | 9 | 1 | .. | 11 |
,, ,, floors ,, | 108 | 190 | 177 | 39 | 514 |
„ basement walls and ceilings, whitewashed | 6 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 43 |
,, „ floors of, washed | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Pillows disinfected with Fraser's stove | 19 | 14 | 49 | 78 | 160 |
„ „ sulphur | .. | .. | 13 | 28 | 41 |
Rain water pipes, new ones furnished | 12 | .. | .. | 2 | 14 |
,, „ repaired | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
„ „ unstopped and cleansed | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 |
,, „ traps furnished | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
,, „ connections with drains made good | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
,, „ disconnected from, drains | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Carried forward | 416 | 621 | 803 | |624 | 2464 |