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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 From the 14th of July,185G,to31sfof December,1860.

185G1857185818591860Total.
Areas, front, lime-whited,....21252470
„ back,......71118
„ drained,....32..436
„ repaired,....21..3
Animal food unfit for use (destroyed),....21..3
Animal matter, foul, removed,......235
Animals removed,..11..1214
Abodes cleansed,62811..1150
„ purified,........33
Bones, stale, removed,4315215
Basements lime-whited,..1027202077
„ passages,......7613
„ stairs,..8..132243
„ drained,....13....13
„ drains repaired,......5..5
Butts or cisterns, covers added to,..8103252
„ repaired,..263415
„ new ones added,....205..25
„ cleansed,..1072143
„ abolished,....31..4
Bedding, foul, cleansed,........66
Cats, nuisance from keeping of, abated,....4....4
Cesspools removed,256642824174
Corpses removed,......538
Clothing,..8........
Courts, paving of, repaired,........11
„ cleansed,..522..9
Drains cleansed,3561404982267
„ connected with sewers,....2091443
„ reconstructed,..92685051261
„ repaired,..43353147156
„ traps added to,....1145443211
„ traps made effectual by a supply of air,....33....33
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises,......182442
Drains, old ones cleared away,........66
Dwellings improved, in the ventilation of,..6511420
„ unfit for occupation, cleared,....44..8
„ supplied with water-closets,....31..4
„ over-crowded ones cleared,......369
„ dilapidations in exterior repaired,..9810633
„ „ in interior repaired,..4721111594