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St James's 1860

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

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St. James, Westminster.
Houses Drained and Drains Repaired by Order of
the Medical Officer of Health, and carried out
under the direction of the Sanitary Inspector,
during the year 1860.
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02, Berwick Street. House drained with G-inch pipes
and 4-inch branches direct into main sewer in Berwick
Street.
30, Broad Street. House, main, and branch drains
cleansed and repaired.
39, Bury Street. House and premises drained with
6 inch pipes arid 4-inch branches, direct into the main
sewer in Bury Street.
41, Bury Street. House and premises drained with
6-inch and 4-inch branches direct into the main sewer in
Bury Street.
2, Carnaby Street. Branch drain in yard repaired.
10, Cross Street. House and premises drained with
6-inch pipes and 4-incli branches, direct into the main
sewer in Cross Street.
11, Cross Street. House and premises drained with
6-inch pipes and 4-inch branches direct into the main sewer
in Cross Street.
12, Cross Street. House and premises drained with
6-inch pipes and 4-inch brandies direct into the main sewer
in Cross Street.

REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK, for 1800 —(continued.)

NUISANCES FOUND.First Quarter,Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year 1860.NUISANCES ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year 1860.
Trades or businesses, nuisance caused by,21..14Trades or businesses, nuisance from, prevented,33
Urinals foul,..2..13Urinals cleansed,..11..2
Vaults requiring lime-whiting and cleausing,....7..7Vaults limewhited,
Water from street coming into houses,449219Water from street stopped from coming into houses,2241018
„ coming in through roof,41..16„ from roof stopped from coming in,5....5
Water-closets requiring lime-whiting,32024145Water-closets white-washed or lime-whited,5627745
„ without traps, or the same dilapidated,144211„ broken traps of, replaced by new ones,144211
„ having a short or no supply of water,653..14„ to which a full supply of water added,502..13
„ deficient or no ventilation,21..811„ ventilation improved in,
„ seats of, dilapidated,1210316„ seats of, repaired,3..7414
„ apparatus of, „31217„ apparatus repaired,22..26
„ pans of, „758222„ pans, new ones added,748221
„ raisers of, „..112114„ raisers, new ones added,2..8212
„ pans of, full of soil,15104736„ pans of, full of soil, cleansed,1310..1235
„ floors of, dilapidated,214..7„ floors of, new to, or repaired,2j317
„ generally dilapidated,39....12„ general repairs done to,..34310
Workshops dirty,..1....1„ new ones built,132, ,6
„ insufficiently ventilated,....112Workshops cleansed,f..1, ,1
Windows dilapidated,....1..1„ ventilated,1
Windows repaired,..
Yards foul or walls dirty, requiring lime-whiting,62016850Yards, walls of, lime whited,41213534
„ paving of, repaired,443213
„ paving of, dilapidated,714113„ „ cleansed,....213
„ „ of, dirty,..........„ drained,..1....1
COWSHEDS.COWSHEDS.
Cow-sheds requiring lime-whiting,..3....3Cow-sheds lime-whited,..12..3
„ dilapidations in, repaired,....1..1
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
Slaughter-houses requiring lime-whiting,••3••47Slaughter-houses lime-whited,..3..47
STABLES.STABLES.
Stables having no drains,11....2Stables drained with new pipes,17......17
„ ventilation in, defective,1..1..2„ drains repaired,l......1
„ foul effluvia arising from,..11..2„ walls and ceillings of, lime-whited,7......7