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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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK
DURING THE YEAR 1875.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OH ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amis, front, lime whited | 6 | 72 | 29 | 8 | 115 |
| ,, buck ,, | 4 | 01 | 24 | 9 | 98 |
| „ front paving of, relaid | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| „ back „ repaired | . . | . . | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| „ front „ cleansed | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| ,, back ,, ,, | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| „ „ dungerous made safe | . . | 1 | . . | .. | 1 |
| „ front, deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | 78 | |
| ,, back ,. | .. | .. | 1 | 70 | 77 |
| Basement, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 20 |
| „ floors of, repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| ,, ,, cleansed | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| „ „ deodorised | . . | . . | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Beds, disinfected with Fraser's stove | 11 | 29 | 69 | 51 | 163 |
| „ „ sulphur | 2 | . . | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| „ washed | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| „ removed and destroyed | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Bed clothes disinfected with Fraser's stove, lots of | 6 | 16 | 31 | 29 | 85 |
| „ „ sulphur „ | 1 | . . | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| fluids ,, | .. | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| „ washed „ | i | 3 | 2 | . . | 6 |
| „ destroyed „ | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 |
| Bones, stale, deodorised and removed | 1 | . . | 2 | .. | 3 |
| Butts or cisterns cleansed | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 0 |
| new ones furnished | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| „ repaired | 3 | 1 | . . | .. | 4 |
| „ covers furnished to | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| „ apparatus of repaired | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 2 |
| „ supply pipes furnished to | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| „ waste „ „ | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 2 |
| repaired | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 |
| „ „ „ disconnected from drains | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 2 |
| Carpets, foul removed | .. | .. | 1 | . . | 1 |
| Cesspools deodorised | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| Carried forward | 53 | 213 | 310 | 789 |