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St James's 1899
Report for the year 1899 made to the Vestry of Saint James, Westminster
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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE III.—ABSTRACT OF WORK DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1899.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals, Nuisances from, abated | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Areas, whitewashed and cleansed | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
| „ paving of, repaired | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| Basements, whitewashed and cleansed | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 45 |
| „ floors, repaired and cleansed | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| „ lighted and ventilated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baths, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beds, disinfected | 20 | 23 | 33 | 30 | 106 |
| Bedclothes, disinfected | 119 | 114 | 154 | 211 | 598 |
| Bell traps, removed | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 |
| Carpets, disinfected | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| Cisterns, cleansed | 7 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 30 |
| „ new ones provided | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ covers furnished to | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| „ repaired generally | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| „ apparatus repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cesspools, abolished | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Drains, reconstructed with glazed pipes and ventilated | 25 | 16 | 22 | 20 | 83 |
| „ unstopped | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| „ repaired | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| „ traps furnished to | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| „ earthenware gully traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ disconnected from sewer and ventilated | 7 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 41 |
| Dustbins, repaired | I | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| „ new ones provided | 6 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| Dung pits abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foul matter removed | 5 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 47 |
| Food, unsound, seized and condemned | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Gutters, cleansed and repaired | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| „ new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houses, furnished with water supply | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ water supply reinstated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| „ closed, unfit for human habitation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kitchens, whitewashed | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| „ underground, cleared of occupants | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Lead flats, roofs cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattresses, disinfected | 31 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 95 |
| Manure, removed | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 65 | 52 | 88 | 121 | 326 |
| Passages, whitewashed and cleansed | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| „ floor of, repaired and cleansed | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pillows disinfected | 70 | 61 | 48 | 92 | 271 |
| Rain-water pipes, new ones furnished | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| „ „ unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 17 |
| „ „ disconnected from draint | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| Rooms, whitewashed and cleansed | 35 | 34 | 37 | 56 | 162 |
| „ disinfected | 20 | 21 | 38 | 37 | 116 |
| „ overcrowded, abated | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| „ floors of, repaired and cleansed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Roofs, repaired | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| Rooms, ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carried forward | 472 | 456 | 562 | 724 | 2214 |