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St James's 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK, for1859—{continued.)
| NUISANCES FOUND. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year 1859. | NUISANCES ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year 1859. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fowls, | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | Foul smells abated | 6 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 39 | |
| Foul smells, | 8 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 44 | Fowls, removed | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Foul and offensive privies or water-closets, | 2 | t. | 2 | .. | 4 | Flaps added to mouth of drains in sewers, added | 4 | 1 | . . | 4 | 5 |
| Food, cooking, | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | Filth in yards, courts, &c. removed, | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Filth in yards, courts, &c. | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 2 | ||||||
| Gully hole dilapidated, | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Grains, stale, removed | .. | 3 | .. | . . | 3 |
| „ stopped, | 1 | 3 | 4 | Gas, street, nuisance from, abated | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | ||
| Gully hole repaired, | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
| Grains, stale, nuisance from, . | . . | 3 | . . | . . | 3 | ||||||
| Gas, street, | 1 | 3 | . . | 2 | 6 | „ cleansed, | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
| Houses not having a full supply of water, | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Houses drained with 9-inch pipe, | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| „ drains of, repaired with 4-inch pipe, | .. | 1 | .. | ... | 1 | ||||||
| „ exterior, dilapidation of, | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||||
| „ drained with 6-inch pipe, | 17 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 45 | ||||||
| ,, or dwellings not having water-closet accommodation | . . | 16 | . . | . . | 16 | ||||||
| ,, ,, 4-inch „ | .. | 1 | .. | . . | 1 | ||||||
| „ generally dirty, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| „ dilapidations in, repaired, . | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||||||
| Heat excessive, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||
| ,, improved in ventilation, | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| „ dilapidations, exterior, repaired, | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | |||||||
| „ or dwellings not having water-closet accommodation added to | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| „ white-washed, painted, &c. | 1 | .. | 8 | 2 | 11 | ||||||
| „ full supply of water added | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Heat excessive, abated . | . . | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Kitchens, front requiring white-washing, | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | Kitchens, front, white-washed | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| „ back „ „ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | „ back, „ | 8 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| „ occupied contrary to law, | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 33 | „ back, dilapidations in, repaired, | .. | 4 | . . | 1 | 5 |
| ,, front dilapidated, | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | „ occupied contrary to law, now emptied, | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 |
| „ back „ | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| „ foul, | 1 | .. | .. | . . | 1 | ||||||
| Lumber, | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | Leads foul, cleansed, | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Leads foul, | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Lumber removed, | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Nuisance arising by improperly emptying the contents of cesspools and drains, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Nuisance abated by removal of contents of cesspool or drain | 1 | .. | . . | 1 | |
| Oyster shells and other fish refuse, nuisance from, | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | Oyster shells and other fish refuse removed, | 2 | .. | 1 | . . | 3 |
| Passages requiring white-washing, | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 7 | Passages white-washed, . | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 22 |
| Privies or water-closets, pans of foul or full of filth, | 23 | 1 | 9 | .. | 33 | Privies cleansed, | 23 | 1 | 9 | 33 | |
| „ dilapidated, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | „ white-washed, . | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| „ requiring white-washing, | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | „ to which water has been added, | 18 | 17 | .10 | 1 | 54 |
| „ foul, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | „ seats new to, | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| „ open, | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | „ raisers ,, | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| „ without a water supply, | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 31 | „ floors „ . | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Pigs, nuisance from, | .. | 1 | . . | .. | 1 | » Pans „ | 2 | 4 | .. | 3 | 9 |
| „ trapped | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| ,, repaired, | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | ||||||
| „ removed, | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |