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 | 118 | 218 | 225 | 176 | 737 |
Drains, unstopped and cleansed | 5 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
„ „ „ and repaired | 5 | 5 | 1 | .. | 11 |
„ repaired | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
„ syphons furnished to | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ traps „ | 1 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 62 |
„ dip traps cleansed and repaired | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
„ old brick, abolished | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
„ deodorised | 19 | 13 | 27 | 27 | 86 |
Drainage matter removed | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
„ stopped from entering premises | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ deodorised | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Dust bins cleansed | 8 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 45 |
„ new ones furnished | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
„ repaired | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
„ doors furnished to | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
„ deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Dwellings, dirty and overcrowded cleared of occupants . | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ „ ones | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Foul matter removed | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 30 |
„ „ deodorised | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
„ effluvia stopped | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 |
Furniture disinfected and washed, in lots of | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Gullies, private, new ones furnished | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 |
„ „ repaired | 1 | 6 | 5 | .. | 12 |
„ „ unstopped and cleansed | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
„ „ deodorised | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Houses whitewashed and painted throughout | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | 11 |
„ „ cleansed „ | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ furnished with a full supply of water | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
Kitchens, front, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 1 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 39 |
back „ „ | 1 | 33 | 56 | 4 | 94 |
„ front, paint work of, washed | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
„ „ floors „ | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 7 |
„ back „ „ | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
„ front, dirty and unfit for occupation, cleared of occupants | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 |
Carried forward | 208 | 362 | 417 | 275 | 1262 |