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.
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 1895 (
NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter | Fourth Quarter. | For tho whole Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wrought forward | 486 | 371 | 626 | 795 | 2278 |
Rooms, ventilation improved | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Service pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, ,, repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sinks, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, waste pipes disconnected from drain | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
,, „ repaired | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
,, new pipes and traps furnished to | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
,, unstopped and cleansed | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Staircases, whitewashed and cleansed | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | |
,, steps of, cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stables, cleansed and whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, paving of, cleansed and repaired | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
Smoke, nuisance from, abated | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Urinals (private) whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
,, furnished with water supply | I | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
,, abolished | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
,, re-constructed | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Vaults, whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water closets, cleansed generally | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
,, ,, furnished with water | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
,, ,, „ ,, new apparatus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
,, ,, apparatus repaired | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
,, ,, new pans furnished to | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
,, ,, pans cleansed | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 24 |
„ ,, seats and raisers furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
,, ,, water supply re-instated .. | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
,, ,, repaired generally | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
,, ,, abolished | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
,, ,, soil pipes, new, furnished to | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
,, ,, ,, ventilated | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 28 |
,, ,, re-constructed | 10 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 76 |
,, ,, new, erected | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
,, ,, light and ventilation improved | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
„ „ soil pipes unstopped and repaired | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | |
,, ,, traps furnished to | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
,, ,, unstopped | 18 | 6 | 7 | 36 | |
Yards, whitewashed | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
„ paving of, cleansed | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
„ ,, repaired | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
,, ,, new traps to drain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Water stopped from running as a nuisance | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Wearing apparel disinfected | 386 | 272 | 584 | 725 | 1967 |
Wash-houses, whitewashed and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Workshops, ,, „ | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
,, overcrowding abated | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
„ ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Water, separate supply for drinking purposes provided | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Total ... | 979 | 767 | 1315 | 1646 | 1707 |
WILLIAM HILL WATSON
JOHN PERCY FOLLAND,
Sanitary
Inspectors.