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.
SUMMARY OF WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1888.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Nuisances removed | 590 | 925 | 1149 | 719 | 3,383 |
| „ complaints | 30 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 68 |
| „ notices served | 38 | 64 | 53 | 33 | 188 |
| „ „ attended | 38 | 54 | 46 | 33 | 171 |
| „ small-pox cases visited | . . . | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| „ scarlet fever cases visited | 2 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 42 |
| „ typhoid fever cases visited | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 6 |
| „ enteric fever case visited | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| „ diphtheria case visited | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| „ beds disinfected | 6 | 8 | 28 | 33 | 75 |
| „ bedclothing disinfected | 40 | 37 | 125 | 148 | 350 |
| „ miscellaneous articles disinfected | 28 | 141 | 129 | 104 | 402 |
| ,, wearing apparel disinfected | 6 | 136 | 127 | 141 | 390 |
| „ mattresses | 12 | 4 | 24 | 65 | 105 |
| „ pillows | 17 | 47 | 17 | 88 | |
| „ rooms | 4 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 55 |
| „ articles obtained for analysis | 21 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 66 |
| „ corpses received into mortuary | 13 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 40 |
| „ underground rooms reported to district surveyor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
EDWIN BROOKS, Sanitary Inspector.
Vestry Hall, Piccadilly.