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 | 503 | 735 | 180 | 504 | 2372 |
Rooms, floors, paint work of, washed | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
„ dirty and overcrowded, cleared of occupants | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Rubbish, foul, removed | .. | 8 | 3 | 9 | 20 |
Service pipes repaired | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Sheds, walls of, lime whited | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Shops, walls and ceilings whitewashed | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 8 |
„ floors of, washed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Sink stones, new ones furnished | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
” pipes ” | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
„ „ unstopped and cleansed | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
„ „ connected with drains | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ „ traps furnished to | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 |
Skylights repaired | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Smoke, nuisance from, abated | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Stairs, main, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 1 | 60 | 20 | 4 | 85 |
„ paint work of, washed | .. | 29 | 5 | .. | 34 |
„ steps of, repaired | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 5 |
” ,, washed | 90 | 89 | 36 | 31 | 246 |
„ basement, walls and ceilings, whitewashed | 4 | 85 | 31 | 5 | 125 |
„ „ paint work of, washed | .. | 12 | 5 | .. | 17 |
” ,, steps of ,, | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 |
” ” ” deodorised | .. | .. | l | .. | 1 |
Supply pipes, new ones furnished | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Urinals, private ones, cleansed | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | 9 |
,, dip traps furnished to | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Vaults, walls of, lime whited | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
Washhouses, walls and ceilings, whitewashed | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
Water closets, walls of, lime whited | 21 | 103 | 49 | 13 | 186 |
„ furnished with a full supply of water | 9 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 61 |
„ water apparatus furnished to | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
„ „ repaired | 7 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 44 |
,, pans, new ones furnished to | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
„ „ cleansed of soil | l4 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 87 |
„ ,, foul ones cleansed | 2 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 30 |
„ traps, new ones furnished | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
„ „ properly connected with drains | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ „ repaired | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
„ seats, new ones furnished | 7 | .. | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Carried forward | 753 | 1208 | 757 | 739 | 3457 |