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 | 236 | 270 | 209 | 261 | 976 |
Kitchens, front, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 2 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
„ back „ „ | 5 | 43 | 15 | 6 | 69 |
„ „ floors of, repaired | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ front, paint work of, washed | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ „ floors of „ | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 7 |
„ „ occupied contrary to law, cleared of occupts. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
„ back „ | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ „ overcrowded „ | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ front, dirty ones „ | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Lead flats and gutters cleansed | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 8 |
„ „ deodorised | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Mattrasses, disinfected with Fraser's chamber | 19 | 19 | 10 | 46 | 94 |
„ „ sulphur | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ removed and destroyed | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 8 |
Miscellaneous articles disinftd.with Fraser's chamber, lots of | 13 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 53 |
„ „ sulphur | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 |
Passages, main, or entrance, walls and ceilings, whitewashed | .. | 70 | 22 | 1 | 99 |
„ „ paint work of, washed | .. | 22 | 4 | .. | 26 |
„ „ floors, new ones furnished | .. | .. | 1 | 59 | 60 |
„ „ „ repaired | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
„ „ „ washed | 130 | 110 | 64 | .. | 310 |
„ „ „ deodorised | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 |
„ basement, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed | 1 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 83 |
„ „ floors of, repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ „ „ deodorised | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 |
Pillows disinfected with Fraser's chamber | 71 | 48 | 36 | 112 | 267 |
„ „ sulphur | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 15 |
Rain water pipes repaired | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
„ „ unstopped and cleansed | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
„ „ disconnected from drains | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
„ „ connections with drains made good | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
„ „ dip traps furnished to | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ „ traps „ | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
Rags, foul, removed | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Rooms, walls and ceilings, whitewashed | 25 | 45 | 38 | 11 | 119 |
„ disinfected with sulphur | 19 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 74 |
„ paint work of, washed | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 _ | 20 |
Carried forward | 563 | 735 | 180 | 594 | 2372 |