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.
TABLE III.—ABSTRACT OF WORKS DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1888.
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For th whole year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 805 | 666 | 708 | 323 | 2502 |
Roofs repaired | ... | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 |
Shops whitened and cleansed | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 4 |
Service Pipes, new ones furnished | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 |
,, repaired | 5 | ... | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Sink Stones, traps furnished to | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
,, waste pipes disconnected from | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 |
„ new pipes and traps furnished | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 |
Staircases limewashed and cleansed | 6 | 17 | 24 | 22 | 69 |
„ steps of cleansed | ... | 3 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
,, ,, repaired | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Stables paving relaid | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Urinals (Private) limewashed | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
,, „ cleansed | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
,, ,, furnished with water supply | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 |
Vaults, limewhited | 4 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 42 |
Water-closets limewhited | 20 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 69 |
,, furnished with water supply | 6 | 2 | ... | 4 | 12 |
,, ,, with new apparatus | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
,, apparatus repaired | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
,, new pans furnished to | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | 7 |
,, seats, raisers, &c., furnished to | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 23 |
,, repaired generally | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
,, abolished | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 6 |
,, soil pipes, new furnished to | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 |
„ ,, ventilated | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 |
,, new constructed | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | 7 |
,, light and ventilation improved in | 6 | 10 | 39 | 34 | 89 |
,, cleansed generally | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |
,, soil pipes unstopped and repaired | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 |
,, traps furnished to | 2 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 44 |
Yards, limewhited | 25 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 44 |
,, paving of, cleansed | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
,, ,, repaired | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
,, new traps to gullies in | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
Water stopped from running as a nuisance | 446 | 257 | 162 | 50 | 915 |
Wearing apparel disinfected | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
Wash-houses limewhited and cleansed. &c. | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 8 |
Workshops, limewhited and cleansed | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 5 |
Total | 1366 | 1033 | 1049 | 570 | 4018 |
WILLIAM HILL WATSON, Chief Inspector of Nuisances.