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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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Particulars of Drains reconstructed, cleansed, &c.,
during the year 1883.
1, Aberdeen Mews. Main drain repaired. January 18th.
17, Blenheim Mews. Main drain unstopped, cleansed, and repaired.
January 31st.
42, Berwick Street. Main and branch drains unstopped, cleansed, and
repaired. January 31st.
42, Berwick Street. Main drain unstopped and cleansed. March 27th.
45, Broad Street. Main and branch drains unstopped, cleansed, and
repaired. June 18th.
10, Bentinck Street. Main and branch drain3 unstopped, cleansed, and
repaired. September 25th.
1, Carnaby Street. Main drain unstopped and cleansed. January 6th.
4, Coventry Street. Main and branch drains unstopped and cleansed.
February 1st.
1, Cambridge Street. Main and branch drains unstopped, cleansed, and
repaired. December 27th.
20, Duke Street. Branch drain repaired. March 15th.
2, Lowndes Court. Branch drain unstopped, cleansed, and repaired.
January 18th.
22, Little Windmill Street. Branch drain unstopped, cleansed, and
repaired. July 31st.
10, Marshall Street. Branch drain unstopped, cleansed, and repaired
September 12 th.
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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, 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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mattresses disinfected with sulphur | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Meat unfit for the food of man, destroyed | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
Miscellaneous article disifined in chamber | 28 | 141 | 129 | 104 | 402 |
Passages, main walls, and ceilings whitewashed | 5 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 38 |
„ main floors of, washed | 18 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 55 |
,, basement walls, and ceilings whitewashed | 7 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 42 |
paint work of, washed | ... | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
„ floors of, repaired | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Pillows disinfected in Fraser | 7 | 17 | 47 | 17 | 88 |
Rain water pipes, new ones, furnished | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
„ ,, unstopped, cleansed, and repaired | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
„ „ disconneted from drains | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Rooms, walls, and ceilings whitewash | 26 | 15 | 31 | 10 | 72 |
„ disinfected, with, sulphur | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 53 |
„ paint work of, cleansed. | 2 | 5 | 8 | ... | 15 |
„ overcrowded. cleared, of occupants | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Rubbish, foul, removed | 9 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 36 |
Service pipes, new ones furnished | • • • | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
„ repaired | 1 | • • • | 6 | 1 | 8 |
Shops, walls, and ceilings cleansed and whitewashed | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
„ paints work of,washed | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 |
Sink stones, traps furnished to | 1 | ... | 5 | ... | 6 |
„ waste pipes disconnected from drains | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 |
„ repaired | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
„ trapped, with syphon | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Smoke, nuisance from, abated | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Stairs, main walls and ceilings whitewashed | 4 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 39 |
,, „ paint work of, washed | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
„ „ steps of, washed | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 25 |
„ reparied | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 16 |
,, basement walls and ceiling whitewashed | 5 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 50 |
„ paint work of, washed | ... | 6 | 6 | ... | 12 |
„ steps of, washed | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 28 |
„ repaired | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Urinals, private ones, cleansed | 1 | 10 | 1 | ... | 12 |
„ furnished with water supply | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 |
„ limewhited | 1 | 4 | 2 | ... | 7 |
Vaults, limewhited | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
Wash-houses, limewhited | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
Water closets, limewhited | 6 | 31 | 43 | 27 | 107 |
„ furnished with water supply | 36 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 113 |