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 IV.—SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK— (
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 762 | 1051 | 733 | 535 | 3081 |
Sink stone pipes, disconnected from drains | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
„ „ traps furnished to | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | 3 |
,, ,, abolished | 1 | . . | . . | .. | 1 |
Stairs, main walls and ceilings whitewashed | 44 | 53 | 15 | 114 | |
,, paint work of, washed | 18 | 21 | 2 | 43 | |
„ steps of, repaired | .. | 2 | 2 | . . | 4 |
„ „ washed | 97 | 83 | 87 | 349 | |
„ basement walls and ceilings whitewashed | 5 | 35 | 62 | 10 | 112 |
„ „ paint work of, washed | 2 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 37 |
„ ,, steps of, washed | 3 | . . | . . | . . | 3 |
Urinals, private, new ones furnished | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
„ ,, cleansed | .. | .. | 1 | . . | 1 |
Vaults, walls of, lime whited | 3 | 3 | 4 | . . | 10 |
Washhouses, walls and ceilings limewhited | . . | 5 | 15 | . . | 20 |
Water-closets, walls of, lime whited | 5 | 90 | 77 | 18 | 190 |
,, furnished with a full supply of water | 6 | 12 | 26 | 22 | 66 |
„ water apparatus furnished to | 3 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
,, „ repaired | 3 | 22 | 16 | 41 | |
„ pans, new ones furnished | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
„ „ cleansed of soil | 14 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 66 |
„ „ foul ones cleansed | 12 | 9 | 28 | 7 | 56 |
„ traps, new ones furnished | 1 | . . | 3 | 2 | 6 |
„ „ properly connected with drains | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
„ receivers, new ones furnished | 2 | . . | 2 | ||
,, containers „ | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 2 |
„ seats, new ones furnished | 2 | . . | 1 | 1 | 4 |
„ „ repaired | 1 | 2 | 2 | . . | 5 |
„ raisers, new ones furnished | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | 3 |
,, „ repaired | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
„ floors, new ones furnished | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
„ „ repaired | 3 | 3 | . . | 1 | 7 |
„ doors, new ones furnished | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 |
„ „ repaired | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | 3 |
,, roofs ,, | . . | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
„ soil pipes repaired | . . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
,, „ traps furnished to | .. | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
„ supply pipes repaired | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ ventilated | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Carried forward | 936 | 1410 | 1188 | 753 | 4287 |