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St James's 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE III.—ABSTRACT OF WORK DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1900.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals, Nuisances from, abated | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Areas, whitewashed and cleansed | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| „ paving of, repaired | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Basements, whitewashed and cleansed | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| „ floors, repaired and cleansed | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| „ lighted and ventilated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baths, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beds, disinfected | 24 | 29 | 24 | 48 | 125 |
| Bedclothes, disinfected | 134 | 222 | 150 | 258 | 764 |
| Bell traps, removed | 4 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 40 |
| Carpets, disinfected | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Cisterns, cleansed | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| „ new ones provided | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ covers furnished to | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| „ repaired generally | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| „ apparatus repaired | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cesspools, abolished | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Drains, reconstructed | 23 | 20 | 17 | 35 | 95 |
| „ ventilated | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 39 |
| „ unstopped | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| „ repaired | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| „ traps furnished to | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| „ disconnected from sewer and ventilated | 2 | 0 | 8 0 | 6 | l6 |
| Dustbins, repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| „ new ones provided | 10 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 42 |
| „ abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dung pits abolished | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| „ new provided | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Foul matter removed | 15 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 52 |
| Food, unsound, seized and condemned | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gutters, cleansed and repaired | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| „ new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houses, water supply reinstated | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| „ closed, unfit for human habitation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kitchens, whitewashed | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| „ underground, cleared of occupants | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Lead flats, roofs cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattresses, disinfected | 20 | 19 | 15 | 26 | 80 |
| Manure, removed | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 54 | 82 | 87 | 119 | 342 |
| Passages, whitewashed and cleansed | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| „ floor of, repaired and cleansed | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Pillows disinfected | 49 | 80 | 57 | 93 | 279 |
| Rain-water pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| „ „ unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| „ „ disconnected from drain, | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| Rooms, whitewashed and cleansed | 43 | 38 | 38 | 10 | 129 |
| „ disinfected | 19 | 37 | 25 | 48 | 129 |
| „ overcrowded, abated | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| „ floors of, repaired and cleansed | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Carried forward | 488 | 643 | 567 | 741 | 2439 |