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St James's 1898
[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.—ABSTBACT OF WORK DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DUR1NG THE YEAR 1898.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR AHATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | 1 Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals, Nuisances from, abated | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Areas, whitewashed and cleansed | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| „ paving of, repaired | 9 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| Basements, whitewashed and cleansed | 25 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 70 |
| „ floors, repaired and cleansed | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| „ lighted and ventilated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baths, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beds, disinfected | 19 | 16 | 15 | 29 | 79 |
| Bedclothes, disinfected | 130 | 207 | 109 | 131 | 577 |
| Bell traps, removed | 0 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 49 |
| Carpets, disinfected | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Cisterns, cleansed | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 35 |
| ,, new ones provided | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ covers furnished to | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| „ repaired generally | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ apparatus repaired | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Cesspools, abolished | 0 | u | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drains, reconstructed with glazed pipes and ventilated | 51 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 135 |
| „ unstopped | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| „ repaired | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ earthenware gully traps furnished to | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| ,, disconnected from sewer and ventilated | 16 | 18 | 26 | 24 | 84 |
| Dustbins, repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| „ new ones provided | 18 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 46 |
| „ abolished | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Dung pits abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, new provided | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Foul matter removed | 12 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 43 |
| Food, unsound, seized and condemned | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gutters, cleansed and repaired | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| „ new ones furnished | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Houses, furnished with water supply | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ water supply reinstated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, closed unfit for human habitation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kitchens, whitewashed | 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| „ underground cleared of occupants | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Lead flats, roofs cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattresses, disinfected | 11 | 19 | 9 | 13 | 52 |
| Manure, removed | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 139 | 174 | 119 | 61 | 493 |
| Passages, whitewashed and cleansed | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| „ floor of, repaired and cleansed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pillows disinfected | 61 | 58 | 44 | 57 | 220 |
| Rain water pipes, new ones furnished | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| v „ unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| „ disconnected from drain. | 16 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 58 |
| Rooms, whitewashed and cleansed | 106 | 95 | 33 | 48 | 282 |
| „ disinfected | 16 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 71 |
| „ overcrowded, abated | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| „ floors of, repaired and cleansed | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Carried forward | 718 | 776 | 506 | 543 | 2543 |