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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—ABSTRACT OF WORK DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1898—continued.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 718 | 776 | 506 | 543 | 2543 |
| Roofs, repaired | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 23 |
| Rooms, ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Service pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, ,, repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinks, traps furnished to | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ,, and lavatories, waste pipes disconnected from drain | 18 | 30 | 19 | 20 | 87 |
| „ „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| „ new pipes and traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| „ unstopped and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Staircases, whitewashed and cleansed | 26 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 58 |
| ,, steps of, cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stables, cleansed and whitewashed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| „ paving of, cleansed and repaired | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Smoke, nuisance from, abated | 3 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Urinals (private) whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ cleansed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| „ traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ furnished with water supply | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| „ abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ reconstructed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ repaired | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Vaults, whitewashed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Water closets, cleansed generally | 18 | 37 | 9 | 21 | 85 |
| „ „ furnished with water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ „ „ new apparatus | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| „ ,, apparatus repaired | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| „ „ new pans furnished to | 24 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 57 |
| ,, „ pans cleansed | 5 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 46 |
| „ „ water supply reinstated and increased | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 31 |
| „ „ repaired generally | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| „ „ abolished | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| ,, „ soil pipes, new, furnished to | 12 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 42 |
| „ „ „ ventilated | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 30 |
| „ „ reconstructed | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| ,, „ new, erected | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 34 |
| „ „ light and ventilation improved | 9 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 40 |
| „ „ soil pipes unstopped and repaired | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| ,, ,, traps furnished to | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| „ „ unstopped | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 19 |
| Yards, whitewashed | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 23 |
| „ paving of, cleansed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| „ „ repaired | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 |
| ., „ new traps to drain | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Water stopped from running as a nuisance | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| Wearing apparel disinfected | 321 | 662 | 396 | 265 | 1644 |
| Wash-houses, whitewashed and cleansed | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| ,, „ floors repaired | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Workshops, whitewashed and cleansed | 9 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 36 |
| „ overcrowding abated | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| „ ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water, separate supply for drinking purposes provided | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| „ (drinking), disconnected from water-closet | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 1276 | 1682 | 1043 | 1016 | 5017 |