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.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,—(
| NUISANCES REMOVED OB ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 300 | 408 | 100 | 823 | 1991 |
| Galleries, walls and ceilings of, lime whited | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Gas, nuisance from, stopped | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Gullies, private, new ones furnished | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| „ „ repaired | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 7 |
| „ „ unstopped and cleansed | l | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| „ ,, cleansed | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Houses whitewashed and painted throughout | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| „ „ cleansed „ | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| „ roofs of, repaired | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
| „ furnished with a full supply of water | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Kitchens, front, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 4 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| ,, hack ,, ,, ,, | 6 | 65 | 25 | 13 | 109 |
| „ front, paint work of, washed | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| ,, hack „ „ | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| „ front, floors of repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ „ washed | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| „ back, floors of, „ | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 |
| „ front,occupied contrary to law, cleared of occupants | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 |
| „ „ floors deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| „ back ,, ,, | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Lead flats or gutters repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ „ cleansed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Lumber, foul, removed | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Mattresses disinfected with Fraser's stove | 16 | 38 | 80 | 66 | 209 |
| „ „ sulphur | 2 | .. | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| „ foul, removed and destroyed | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| Miscellaneous articlesdisinfected with Fraser's stove,lots of | 4 | 15 | 33 | 29 | 81 |
| sulphur „ | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| ,, ,, destroyed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Passages, main, or entrance, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 8 | 68 | 25 | 13 | 114 |
| „ „ „ paint work of, washed | .. | 23 | 3 | 5 | 31 |
| „ „ „ floors „ | 230 | 165 | 92 | 173 | 666 |
| „ „ „ „ repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ „ „ „ deodorised | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| „ basement walls and ceilings whitewashed | 4 | 41 | 1 19 | 16 | 83 |
| „ „ paint work of, washed ., | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| „ „ floors of., repaired | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Carried forward | 609 | 928 | 715 | 1193 | 34175 |