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.
V.—APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
SUMMARY OP WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1877.
First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Nuisances removed | 1163 | 1632 | 1440 | 997 | 5232 |
,, complaints made | 28 | 35 | 36 | 30 | 129 |
„ notices served | 34 | 143 | 65 | 35 | 278 |
„ attended t | 34 | 87 | 70 | 63 | 254 |
„ small pox, cases visited | 18 | 13 | 9 | . . | 40 |
„ scarlet fever „ | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
„ diphtheria „ | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 2 |
„ typhus fever „ | . . | 5 | 1 | « . | 6 |
„ typhoid „ „ | . . | 16 | 1 | 9 | 26 |
„ continued fever „ .. .. | . . | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
„ articles of bed clothing disinfected | 522 | 231 | 101 | 107 | 961 |
„ „ „ washed | . . | . . | 10 | 28 | 38 |
„ „ „ destroyed | . . | 16 | .. | . . | 16 |
„ „ furniture disinfected | 63 | 70 | 18 | . . | 151 |
„ „ miscellaneous „ | 119 | 325 | 310 | 192 | 936 |
„ „ wearing apparel „ | 522 | 358 | 415 | 173 | 1368 |
„ „ ,, washed | . . | . . | 84 | 84 | |
„ visits made to bakehouses | .. | .. | .. | 55 | 55 |
„ „ slaughter houses | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 |