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St James's 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Table: St. James's, Westminster.REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,FOR THE YEAR 1864.

St. James's, Westminster.

REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,

FOR THE YEAR 1864.

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Areas, front lime-whited,14218
„ back, „1..214
„ front, paving of, repaired,..2....2
„ back, „ „2......2
„ cleansed,..3....3
Animal matter removed,..1....1
Abodes cleansed,471..12
Basements lime-whited,210..618
„ passages lime-whited,..51511
„ stairs, „1108726
„ floors washed,..2....2
Bedding foul, washed,141..6
Bones removed,....3..3
Butts, cisterns, and other water receptacles cleansed,......11
„ „ „ „ repaired,1....12
„ „ „ „ covers added to,1..326
„ „ „ „ new ones furnished,....3..3
Cesspools cleansed out and filled up,21..14
Corpse human, interred by request,..1..23
Courts, walls of, lime-whited,..1....1
Clothing washed,..2....2
Drainage matter, stopped from entering Premises,243211
Drains re-constructed, with pipes,325..10
„repaired,474823
„unstopped and cleansed,41513840
„connected with Main Sewer,2......2
„old ones not in use removed,....123
„ traps added to,356216
„ connections of, made good,..1....1
Dust-bins cleansed,416101141
„ new ones furnished,3......3
„ tops and covers added to,..13..4
„ repaired,..63..9
Dilapidations, exterior, made good,211..4
„ interior, „154414
Damp prevented,41218
Dwellings, the ventilation of, improved,..1....1
,, overcrowded ones cleared,2......2
Carried forward,501187965312