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St James's 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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Number of visits made to courts, yards, and mews in the Parish, 110
„ visits made to slaughter-houses, 29
„ visits made to cowsheds, 15
„ stables inspected, 392
„ „ badly ventilated, 238
„ „ horses found in, 1057
„ „ dwellings over, 596
„ ,, „ occupants in, . 901
„ „ having defective drains, 38
,, „ having defective paving, 41
„ „ having no drains, 41
„ „ having walls dirty, 71
„ „ dwellings over badly ventilated, 30
„ „ foul smells complained of, 33
„ „ yards having defective paving, 9
„ „ yards dirty, 7
„ yards having defective drains, 5
„ ,, notices served on, 70
„ ,, notices attended to, 68
„ nuisances found during the year, 1148
„ nuisances abated during the year, . 1541
„ notices served during the year 1859, 336
„ notices attended to by defendants, 271
„ children found unvaccinated during the year, 245
„ children vaccinated by request, 111
JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.
January 30th, 1800.

REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK, for 1859—(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.
Yards foul or walls dirty, requiring whitewashing,358420Yards, walls of, lime-whitened817241160
,, paving dilapidated,....145„ paving repaired..37212
„ having no drainage,..1....1
COWSHEDSCOWSHEDS
Requiring lime-whiting,..1....1Lime-whitened,..1....1
Paving bad,..1....1Paving repaired..1....1
Ventilation bad,..1..1
2652172371618802963583442631333
STABLES.STABLES.
Drains foul and dilapidated,..1....1Yards, paving of, repaired,..1113
Stables without drains,..48....48Walls and ceilings white-washed,..1520944
,, drainage bad,..122..14Stables drained with 0-inch pipe,..6111029
No drainage,....6..6„ ,, 4-inch „..6..39
Ventilation bad,..6933..102„ trap added to drains,..13372878
Drainage without traps,....5..5„ repaved,..831223
Walls and ceilings dirty,..4010..50„ paving repaired,....527
Paving bad,..233..26Drains cleansed and repaired,..2114
Foul smells in stables,..12..3Stable unfit for horse occupation cleared, ...1....1
Drain stopped,..7....7Yards cleansed,..1....1
Stable unlit l'or horse occupation,..1....1„ repaved,....112
Yards dirty,..1....1Coach-houses white-washed,....3..3
Cesspools found,....1..1Water closets added to stable yards,....2..2
Gully hole in ditto foul, untrapped,....2..2Cesspools removed,....1..1
Gully holes repaired and trapped, .....1..1
Stables redrained,......11
..20365..268..538708208