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 | 53 | 213 | 213 | 310 | 780 |
Corpse, human, deodorised and removed | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
„ „ coffined and deodorised | . | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Courts, Avails of, lime whited | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | 11 |
Dilapidations, exterior, made good | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ interior ,, | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | 8 |
Dogs removed, in lots of | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Drains, reconstructed with 0 inch pipes | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 |
„ „ 6 „ | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
„ of 6-inch pipes taken up and relaid | 2 | .. | 1 | ||
.. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | |
branch, new ones furnished | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ unstopped and cleansed | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
„ „ „ and repaired | 4 | .. | 2 | 10 | |
„ repaired | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | |
,, let off | .. | .. | 1 | . ' | 1 |
„ old brick abolished | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
„ syphons furnished to | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
„ dip traps „ | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
,, traps ,, | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 36 |
„ deodorised | 18 | 44 | 47 | 194 | 303 |
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises | 5 | 1 | .. | 10 | |
„ „ removed | 1 | 1 | .. | ||
„ „ deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Dust bins cleansed | 150 | 70 | 61 | 118 | 390 |
„ new ones furnished | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 |
„ repaired | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
„ covers furnished to | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
„ doors „ | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 |
,, deodorised | .. | 66 | 3 | 144 | 213 |
Dwellings, dirty ones cleared of occupants | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Fat, stale, removed | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Fish, baskets, foul, deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Foul matter removed | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
„ „ deodorised | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
„ effiuvia stopped | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
†Fowls removed, in lots of | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Furniture, articles of, disinfected and washed, lots of | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
Carried forward | 300 | 408 | 100 | 1991 |