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Westminster 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster]

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Lime whiting 164
Stables, cowsheds, slaughter-houses and bakehouses 11
Houses in which infectious disease occurred 114
Animals improperly kept 12
Accumulations of manure, refuse, &c. 22
Receptacles for manure 2
Registration of houses let in lodgings 6
Miscellaneous defects 181
Inspector Kirk's
Report for the Year ended December 31st, 1898, for War
No. 3, St. Margaret, and No. 2, St. John.
Notices brought forward from 1897 6
Inspections made 1,139
Re-inspections made 917
Defects found 1,433
Notices served 762
Works completed 783
Notices not complied with 31st December, 1898 46
The following nuisances have been abated and defects
remedied upon notices served:—
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance 2
Accumulations of manure, &c. 43
Black smoke nuisances 18
Cisterns (dirty) 33
Dust receptacles (dilapidated and not in accordance
with Bye-Laws) 48
Drains (new, defective relaid, repaired, and unstopped)
114
Houses in which infectious diseases have occurred 121
Limewhiting of yards, bakehouses, stables, cow and
slaughter-houses 98
Overcrowding 26
Premises improperly ventilated 12
„ in an uncleanly condition 432
Pavings to yard defective 35