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St James's 1892
[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.
TABLE III.—ABSTRACT OF WORKS DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR, 1889.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 372 | 39 | 971 | 537 | 2271 |
| Rooms overcrowded abated | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| floors of repaired and cleansed | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Roofs, repaired | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Rooms, ventilation improved | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Services pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sink stones, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ ,, waste pipes disconnected from drain | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| ,, „ new pipes and traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ unstopped and cleansed | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Staircases whitewashed and cleansed | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 32 |
| „ steps of, oleansed | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stables, cleansed and whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| „ paving of, cleansed, and repaired | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Smoke, nuisance from abated | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Urinals (private) whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ,, furnished with water supply | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Vaults, whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water-closets, cleansed generally | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 28 |
| ,, , furnished with water | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| ,, ,, „ ,, new apparatus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| „ ,, apparatus repaired | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| ,, „ new pans furnished to | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| „ ,, pans cleansed | 10 | 8 | 2 | 22 | |
| „ „ seat raisers, furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ water supply reinstated | 2 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| „ ,, repaired generally | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| „ abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ soil pipes new. furnished to | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| „ „ ,, ventilated | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| „ „ reconstructed | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| ,, „ new erected | 3 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
| „ „ light and ventilation improved | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| „ ., soil pipes unstopped and repaired | 9 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| ., „ traps furnished to | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Water stopped from running as a nuisance | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| Water, separate supply for drinking purposes provided | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Wash-houses, whitewashed and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wearing apparel disinfected | 166 | 96 | 498 | 109 | 869 |
| Workshops whitewashed and cleansed | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Workshops, ventilation improved | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yards whitewashed | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| „ paving of, cleansed | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| „ „ repaired | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| ,, new trap to drain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 587 | 598 | 1580 | 734 | 3499 |
WILLIAM HILL WATSON, Chief Sanitary Inspector.