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-(Continued.)
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 1053 | 1740 | 1376 | 1751 | 5920 |
Water closets, soil pipes, new ones furnished | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
„ ,, repaired | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 6 |
„ ,, connection with drains made good | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
„ not in use abolished | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
,, supply pipes repaired | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
„ waste ,, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
,, shafts of, repaired | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ new ones furnished | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 |
„ old ones abolished | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 6 |
„ rebuilt | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ ventilated and lighted with gas | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
,, ventilation of, improved | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
„ repaired generally | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
,, cleansed ,, | 95 | 58 | 21 | 48 | 222 |
„ deodorised | 18 | 47 | 50 | 153 | 268 |
Water stopped from entering premises | 4 | .. | 4 | 5 | 13 |
Wearing apparel disinfected with Fraser's stove, lots of | 7 | 15 | 31 | 28 | 81 |
„ ,, sulphur „ | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 8 |
„ „ fluids „ | .. | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
,, destroyed ,, | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Windows, top sashes made to move up and down | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 |
Yards, walls of, lime whited | 11 | 124 | 40 | 18 | 193 |
„ ,, repaired | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
,, ,, dangerous, taken down and rebuilt | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
,, paving of, repaired | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
,, ,, cleansed | 83 | 58 | 10 | 52 | 209 |
,, ,, deodorised | .. | 42 | 47 | 153 | 242 |
STABLES. | |||||
Drains unstopped and cleansed | .. | .. | .. | ..1 | 1 |
„ ,, cleansed and repaired | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
„ dip traps furnished to | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Yards, walls of, lime whited | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ paving of cleansed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ manure removed from | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
Carried forward | 1291 | 2110 | 1017 | 2245 | 7263 |