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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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE OF INSPECTORS' WORK-
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rooms disinfected with sulphur | 7 | 31 | 40 | 44 | 122 |
,, overcrowded, abated | 2 | 4 | 7 | ... | 13 |
Rubbish, foul, removed | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
Shops whitewashed and cleansed | ... | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
Service pipes, new ones furnished | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
,, repaired | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 6 |
Sink stones, traps furnished to | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
,, waste pipes disconnected from drains | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
,, furnished with new pipes and syphon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Stairs, main, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 20 | 38 | 21 | 26 | 105 |
,, steps of washed | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
„ steps of repaired | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
Urinals, private ones, cleansed | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
,, ,, furnished with water supply | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
,, ,, limewhited | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
Vaults, limewhited | 6 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 45 |
Wash-houses, limewhited | ... | 1 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
Water-closets, limewhited | 20 | 41 | 22 | 26 | 109 |
,, furnished with a water supply | 15 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 63 |
,, ,, with apparatus new | 3 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 37 |
,, apparatus repaired | 12 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 49 |
,, pans, new ones furnished | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
,, pans, unstopped and cleansed | 10 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 50 |
,, traps, furnished to | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
,, seats, new ones furnished to | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
,. „ repaired | ... | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
,, raisers, new ones furnished to | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
,, ,, repaired | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 6 |
,, floors, new ones furuished to | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
,, ,, repaired | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
,, repaired generally | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
,, soil pipes, new ones furnished | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 |
„ „ repaired | ... | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
,, ,, ventilated | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
,, light and ventilation improved in | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Water stopped from running as a nuisance | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 |
Wearing apparel, disinfected | 28 | 245 | 293 | 415 | 981 |
Yards, wall of, limewhited | 20 | 25 | 20 | 29 | 94 |
,, paving of, repaired | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
,, ,, cleansed | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 30 |
Total | 694 | 1682 | 1754 | 1981 | 6911 |