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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St James's 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter | For the whole year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals, Nuisance from, abated | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| Areas, limewhited | 10 | 35 | 24 | 20 | 89 |
| ,, paving of cleansed | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| „ ,, repaired | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Basements, whitewashed or limewhited | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| Beds disinfected | 15 | 31 | 40 | 44 | 130 |
| Bedclothes disinfected | 54 | 160 | 262 | 276 | 758 |
| Cisterns cleansed | 5 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| ,, new ones furnished | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| ,, covers furnished to | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 |
| „ apparatus repaired | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| ,, furnished with warning pipe | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Drains reconstructed with glazed pipe | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| „ unstopped, cleansed, and repaired | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 31 |
| ,, traps furnished to | 13 | 22 | 5 | 35 | 75 |
| Dustbins cleansed | 208 | 161 | 79 | 280 | 728 |
| ,, new ones furnished | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| ,, repaired with doors and coverings | 10 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 43 |
| Foul matter deodorised and removed | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| Fruit and Fish destroyed | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | 6 |
| Gutters cleansed | 8 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| ,, repaired | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Houses furnished with a water supply | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Kitchens whitewashed or limewhited | 22 | 36 | 24 | 9 | 91 |
| ,, occupied contrary to law, cleared | 2 | 5 | ... | 6 | 13 |
| Lead flats cleansed and repaired | 1 | ... | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Lumber or rubbish removed | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Mattresses disinfected | 10 | 68 | 84 | 64 | 226 |
| Meat unfit for food of man, destroyed | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 36 | 318 | 284 | 244 | 862 |
| Pillows disinfected | 24 | 87 | 134 | 126 | 371 |
| Passages, entrance whitewashed and cleansed | 20 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 96 |
| „ „ floors of, washed | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| „ ,, floors of, repaired | 4 | ... | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| Rain-water pipes, new ones furnished | 2 | ... | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| „ „ „ unstopped, cleansed, and repaired | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| „ „ „ disconnected from drains | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Rooms, whitewashed and cleansed | 20 | 97 | 78 | 68 | 260 |