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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1860

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

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Table: A SUMMARY OF NUISANCES REMOVED— {continued.)

A SUMMARY OF NUISANCES REMOVED— {continued.)

18561857185818591860Total.
Damp prevented,..14..1015
Dust bins cleansed,2071528387116645
„ repaired,..875525
„ tops and covers added to,..2854137102
„ new ones furnished,..1218271774
Dogs removed,..614510
Eggs, rotten, removed,411..17
Foul smells stopped,..581083937242
Fat, stale (removed),32......5
Fowls removed,..21115
Flaps added to the mouth of drains,....45..9
Furniture cleansed,..1......1
Grains, Brewers', stale, removed,......3..3
Gas, street, prevented from entering houses,..645727
Gullies cleansed,..514515
„ repaired,....2101022
Houses to wliich a full supply of water added,..1459634
„ white-washed, painted and cleansed,..431112773
„ to wliich drains have been added,....3....3
Heat excessive, abated,..121..4
Kitchen, front, white-washed,....17131242
„ back, „....24261969
„ front, repaired,........11
„ back, „......527
„ condemned, and cleared of occupants,3261617365
Lumber removed,....2529
Leads, flats and gutters cleansed,..15911843
„ „ repaired,........22
Night soil removed..511..7
Oyster shells, stale, removed,..723820
Passage entrance white-washed,....34221773
Pigs removed,....1....1
1 ersons washed and cleansed by request,..4........
Privies cleansed,4161..3325160
„ lime wliited,..43011344
„ to which a supply of water has been added,..81065437205
„ seats, new ones added to,....7....7
„ raisers, „......3..3
„ pans, „ „....299442
„ trups, „..11..6219
„ floors of, repaired,......3..3
„ general repairs done to,....344..38
„ abolished,....45..9

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JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.