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 | 411 | 639 | 817 | 713 | 2580 |
Sink stones, pipes of, repaired | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ furnished to | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ „ disconnected from drains | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
„ supply pipes repaired | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Skylights repaired | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Smoke, nuisance from, abated | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Stairs, main walls and ceilings of, whitewashed | 1 | 43 | 53 | 10 | 107 |
„ „ paint work of, washed | .. | 26 | 28 | 4 | 58 |
„ „ steps of, washed | 8 | 16 | .. | 1 | 25 |
„ basement walls and ceilings of, lime-whited | 4 | 72 | 84 | 14 | 174 |
„ „ paint work of, washed | .. | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
„ „ steps „ | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Structures, dangerous, made safe | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Urinals, new ones furnished | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ repaired | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ lime-whited | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ water apparatus furnished to | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ water supply „ | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
„ cleansed | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
„ deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Vaults lime-whited | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 7 |
„ floors of, repaired | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Washhouses, lime-whited | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Waste pipes repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Water closets, lime-whited | 8 | 130 | 96 | 16 | 250 |
„ furnished with a full supply of water | 18 | 23 | 46 | 39 | 126 |
„ water apparatus furnished to | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
„ „ repaired | 7 | 23 | 43 | 26 | 99 |
„ pans, new ones, furnished to | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
„ „ cleansed of soil | 13 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 57 |
„ „ foul ones cleansed | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 68 |
„ traps, new ones furnished | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
„ seats | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
„ „ repaired | 1 | 3 | .. | 6 | 10 |
„ raisers, new ones furnished | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
„ „ repaired | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | 8 |
„ floors, new ones furnished | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
„ „ repaired | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Carried forward | 495 | 1045 | 1283 | 885 | 3708 |