Report of a special committee of vestrymen on the sanitary condition of St. Pancras Workhouse Infirmary : with which is incorporated a report on the same subject / by Thomas Stevenson.

  • St Pancras
Date:
1869
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Credit: Report of a special committee of vestrymen on the sanitary condition of St. Pancras Workhouse Infirmary : with which is incorporated a report on the same subject / by Thomas Stevenson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    No. 27. Large quantity of incoming fresh air. Very slight sour smell from children. Temperature 51°. 1 fire burning. 7 children and 5 adults. 10 double and. 4 single beds. Large and airy scullery, sweet; in the w.c. beyond, the drain can be just nosed. No. 25. No unpleasant odour. 1 window and 2 inlet ventilators open. Temperature 55°. 1 fire burning. 7 beds, all full. w.c. sweet. No. 29. Slight smell of carbolic acid only. Abundance of fresh air entering. Fire burning. Temperature 52°. 15 beds, 13 patients. Scullery sweet, w.c. smells of carbolic acid injections. No. 15. Slight smell of dinner, which is going on. The Ward receiv- ing abundance of fresh air. 1 fire burning. Sink sweet. Drain can be just nosed in w.c. Temperature 53°. 10 beds, 12 patients. No. 4. Is unused. Focoal matter in pan of water-closet. No. 3. Smells of dinner and sulphur ointment only. Fire burning. Sink inside Ward trapped, sweet. No w.c. Ward moderately well ventilated from sky-light. All the Wards were beautifully clean. Tho general im- pression conveyed was much more favorable than on the preceding day. None of the Wards could be said to be offensive, except No. 16, near one w.c. All the closets were well flushed. November 24—25. Visit from 10 p.m. to 12*30 a.m.
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