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, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE OP SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK—
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dustbins cleansed | 37 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 66 |
„ new ones furnished | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 5 |
„ repaired | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
,, doors furnished to | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | |
„ covers furnished to | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Fat, stale, removed | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 7 |
Foul matter deodorised and removed | 3 | 2 | .. | 7 | |
„ effluvia stopped from entering dwellings | 1 | 1 | .. | ||
Furniture disinfected and washed, in lots | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 7 |
Gas stopped from entering, to cause nuisance | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gullies, private, new | 4 | 3 | .. | 3 | 10 |
,, unstopped and cleansed .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
Houses, furnished with a full supply of water | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | |
„ cleansed, painted, &c., throughout .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
„ dilapidations, exterior, repaired | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Kitchens, front, walls and ceilings whitewashed | .. | 11 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
„ back, ,, ,, ,, | 2 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 64 |
,, occupied contrary to law, cleared | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Lead flats or gutters cleansed | .. | 1 | .. | ||
„ „ repaired | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Mattresses disinfected in Fraser's chamber .. | 43 | 65 | 55 | 31 | 194 |
„ destroyed | .. | 14 | 6 | 20 | |
Miscellaneous articles disfd. in Fraser's chamber, in lots of | 19 | 29 | 33 | .. | 81 |
„ „ destroyed | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
Passage, main walls and ceilings whitewashed | .. | 37 | 14 | 22 | 73 |
„ „ paint work of washed | .. | 18 | 5 | 15 | 38 |
„ „ floors of washed | 5 | 1 | 8 | 67 | |
„ basement walls and ceilings whitewashed | 1 | 12 | 8 | 58 | |
„ ,, ,, paint work of, washed | .. | .. | .. | ||
n „ „ floors of, washed | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 8 |
Pillows disinfected in Fraser's chamber | 88 | 141 | 160 | 444 | |
,, „ with sulphur | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 |
„ destroyed | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 |
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