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St James's 1897
[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 WORK DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE TEAR 1897.
| 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 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 37 |
| ,, paving of, repaired | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 22 |
| Basements, whitewashed and cleansed | 17 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 83 |
| ,, floors, repaired and cleansed | 5 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| „ lighted and ventilated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baths, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beds, disinfected | 17 | 36 | 65 | 44 | 162 |
| Bedclothes, disinfected | 141 | 249 | 340 | 247 | 977 |
| Bell traps, removed | 23 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 56 |
| Carpets, disinfected | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| Cisterns, cleansed | 8 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 34 |
| „ new ones provided | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ covers furnished to | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
| ,, repaired generally | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| „ apparatus repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cesspools, abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drains, reconstructed with glazed pipes and ventilated. | 32 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 121 |
| „ unstopped | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| „ repaired | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| „ traps furnished to | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| „ earthenware gully traps furnished to | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| „ disconnected from sewer and ventilated | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| Dustbins, repaired | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| „ new ones provided | 7 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 45 |
| Dung pits abolished | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Foul matter removed | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 44 |
| Food, unsound, seized and condemned | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gutters, cleansed and repaired | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| „ new ones furnished. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houses, furnished with water supply | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, water supply reinstated | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ,, closed unfit for human habitation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kitchens, whitewashed | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| „ underground cleared of occupants | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Lead flats, roofs cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattresses, disinfected | 25 | 22 | 32 | 33 | 112 |
| Manure, removed | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 133 | 263 | 407 | 343 | 1146 |
| Passages, whitewashed and cleansed | 8 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 50 |
| „ floor of, repaired and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pillows disinfected | 69 | 130 | 202 | 157 | 558 |
| Rain water pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| „ „ unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 5 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 24 |
| „ „ disconnected from drain | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 58 |
| Rooms, whitewashed and cleansed. | 113 | 124 | 70 | 102 | 409 |
| „ disinfected | 24 | 50 | 72 | 52 | 198 |
| „ overcrowded, abated | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| „ floors of, repaired and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carried forward | 718 | 1106 | 1365 | 1179 | 4368 |