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St James's 1870

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

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REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S "WORK,—(Continued).

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year,
Brought forward4386675666152286
Lumber removed......11
Lead flats or gutters cleansed....5..5
Mattresses, foul, destroyed4175..26
„ ,, washed4......4
„ „ disinfected....22830
Miscellaneous articles disinfected......5757
Oyster shells removed..12..3
Paint work washed......44
Passages, main or entrance white-washed2457214106
„ „ „ floor of, washed893693263801164
„ „ „ paint work washed..12..3
„ „ ,, floors of, repaired131..5
Pillows disinfected......5959
„ washed......88
Rain water pipes unstopped and cleansed42219
,, ,, ,, repaired237113
,, ,, ,, trapped11....2
„ „ ,, new ones furnished..32..5
Rags, a bundle of several articles in foul state, destroyed1......1
Rooms, walls and ceilings white-washed551024827232
„ dilapidations in made good12......12
„ paint work of, washed..l6212
„ floors „1268935
,, „ Repaired..1....1
„ overcrowded ones cleared1......1
„ disinfected7120118146
„ ventilated..1....1
Rubbish, foul, removed347620
Smoke, nuisance from, abated21126
Structures, dangerous ones made safe1..2..3
Shops, walls and ceilings white-washed21....3
„ floors of, washed......11
Service pipes repaired..3....3
Stairs, main, walls and ceilings white-washed2154284107
„ ,, washed45292300295932
„ „ paint work washed....3..3
,, „ ventilation of, improved1..2..3
„ „ lighting1......1
Carried forward7311594136616225313