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 | 133 | 290 | 304 | 169 | 896 |
| Houses repaired and made safe | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 8 |
| „ whitewashed and cleansed throughout | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| „ furnished with a full supply of water | 1 | .. | 20 | 1 | 22 |
| Kitchen, front, walls and ceilings lime-whited | 5 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| ,, back ,, ,, | 1 | 53 | 12 | 2 | 68 |
| „ front, floors of, repaired | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| ,, hack ,, ,, | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| „ front ,, washed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ „ ventilation of, improved | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ ,, occupied contrary to law, cleared of occupants | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| „ hack, dirty, cleared of occupants | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ „ deodorised | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Lead flats or gutters repaired | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| ,, ,, cleansed | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Mattrasses disinfected with Fraser's chamber | 21 | 17 | 36 | 36 | 110 |
| ,, removed and destroyed | 1 | 2 | .. | 8 | 11 |
| *Meat unfit for human food destroyed, in lots of | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinftd. with Fraser's chamberpots of | 17 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 60 |
| Passages, main, or entrance walls and ceilings whitewashed | 1 | 47 | 14 | 4 | 66 |
| ,, „ „ paint work of, washed | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| ,, ,, ,, floors ,, | 82 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 266 |
| „ basement, walls and ceilings, whitewashed | 5 | 59 | 10 | 2 | 76 |
| „ „ floors of, repaired | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Pillows disinfected with Fraser's chamber | 83 | 52 | 101 | 87 | 323 |
| Rags, foul, removed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Rain water pipes, new ones furnished | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 |
| ,, ,, repaired | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| „ ,, properly connected with drains | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ „ traps furnished to | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| „ ,, unstopped and cleansed | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Rooms, walls and ceilings, whitewashed | 11 | 23 | 38 | 35 | 110 |
| ,, disinfected with sulphur | 22 | 10 | 23 | 18 | 73 |
| „ paint work of, washed | 12 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 44 |
| „ floors „ | 12 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 33 |
| „ dirty and overcrowded, cleared of occupants | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Carried forward | 423 | 689 | 699 | 463 | 2274 |