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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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 | 90 | 208 | 169 | 99 | 566 |
Drains of 9-inch pipes furnished to premises | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ reconstructed with 9-inch pipes | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
„ „ 6 „ | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
„ „ 4 „ | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
,, of 6-inch pipes taken up and relaid | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
„ unstopped and cleansed | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
„ „ and repaired | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
„ repaired | 1 | .. | 6 | 4 | 11 |
„ let off | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
,, branch drains connected with main | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ syphons furnished to | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
„ traps ,, | 8 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 25 |
dip traps | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ deodorised | 3 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 78 |
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
„ removed | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
„ deodorised | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Dust bins cleansed | 9 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 54 |
„ new ones furnished | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
„ repaired | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
„ covers furnished to | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
„ doors „ | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
„ deodorised .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
Dwellings, dirty ones cleared of occupants .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Fat, stale, removed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
*Fish unfit for human food destroyed, in lots of | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ refuse removed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Foul matter removed | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 28 |
„ deodorised | .. | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
„ effluvia stopped | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
† Fruit unfit for human food destroyed, in lots of | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Furniture disinfected and washed „ | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Gas stopped from entering premises | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Gullies, private, new ones furnished | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
„ repaired | 2 | 7 | .. | .. | 9 |
„ unstopped and cleansed | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Carried forward | 133 | 290 | 304 | 169 | 896 |
* 119 lbs. of Beef.