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St James's 1860

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

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A SUMMARY OF NUISANCES REMOVED—{continued.)
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
Total.
Damp prevented,
..
1
4
..
10
15
Dust bins cleansed,
207
152
83
87
116
645
„ repaired,
..
8
7
5
5
25
„ tops and covers added to,
..
28
54
13
7
102
„ new ones furnished,
..
12
18
27
17
74
Dogs removed,
..
6
1
4
5
10
Eggs, rotten, removed,
4
1
1
..
1
7
Foul smells stopped,
..
58
108
39
37
242
Fat, stale (removed),
3
2
..
..
..
5
Fowls removed,
..
2
1
1
1
5
Flaps added to the mouth of drains,
..
..
4
5
..
9
Furniture cleansed,
..
1
..
..
..
1
Grains, Brewers', stale, removed,
..
..
..
3
..
3
Gas, street, prevented from entering houses,
..
6
4
5
7
27
Gullies cleansed,
..
5
1
4
5
15
„ repaired,
..
..
2
10
10
22
Houses to wliich a full supply of water added,
..
14
5
9
6
34
„ white-washed, painted and cleansed,
..
43
11
12
7
73
„ to wliich drains have been added,
..
..
3
..
..
3
Heat excessive, abated,
..
1
2
1
..
4
Kitchen, front, white-washed,
..
..
17
13
12
42
„ back, „
..
..
24
26
19
69
„ front, repaired,
..
..
..
..
1
1
„ back, „
..
..
..
5
2
7
„ condemned, and cleared of occupants,
3
26
16
17
3
65
Lumber removed,
..
..
2
5
2
9
Leads, flats and gutters cleansed,
..
15
9
11
8
43
„ „ repaired,
..
..
..
..
2
2
Night soil removed
..
5
1
1
..
7
Oyster shells, stale, removed,
..
7
2
3
8
20
Passage entrance white-washed,
..
..
34
22
17
73
Pigs removed,
..
..
1
..
..
1
1 ersons washed and cleansed by request,
..
4
..
..
..
..
Privies cleansed,
41
61
..
33
25
160
„ lime wliited,
..
4
30
11
3
44
„ to which a supply of water has been added,
..
8
106
54
37
205
„ seats, new ones added to,
..
..
7
..
..
7
„ raisers, „
..
..
..
3
..
3
„ pans, „ „
..
..
29
9
4
42
„ trups, „
..
11
..
6
2
19
„ floors of, repaired,
..
..
..
3
..
3
„ general repairs done to,
..
..
34
4
..
38
„ abolished,
..
..
4
5
..
9