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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.)

18561857185818591860Total.
Rabbits removed,......224
Rags „..... .1. .1
Rain-water pipes connected with sewers,......4. .4
., „ repaired,..258621
„ „ new ones added,... .23..5
„ „ cleared,... .2....2
Rooms white-washed,40681014940298
„ repaired,....1521027
Rubbish removed,..3561529
Smoke abated,..22329
Stairs white-washed,..840352497
„ repaired,..... ...11
„ lighted and ventilated,..... ...11
Shops cleansed, white-washed, &c...3. .3511
Sewers, old branch removed,..... .123
Service pipes repaired,........22
Soil pipes repaired,... .24..6
Structures, dangerous, made safe,... ...8816
Trades or businesses, nuisance from, abated,..5..2310
Urine stopped from coming into premises,..11....2
Urinals cleansed,..92..213
„ redrained,......1..1
„ water supply added to,......1..1
„ new ones added to premises,..3..1..4
Vaults lime-whited,....116..17
„ repaired,... .4....4
Vegetable refuse removed,4345. .16
Water stopped from entering premises from street,526262718102
„ from entering through roofs,......7512
Water-closets furnished with a supply of water,..88262213149
„ new seats added to,....1981441
„ new floors, „....124723
„ raisers, „... .1551232
„ traps, „... .27111149
„ pans, „......92130
„ flaps, „....4....4
„ soil pipes, „....35..8
„ ventilated,..611..8
„ apparatus of, repaired,....101617
„ general repairs done to,..321971068
„ connections made good with drains,....7....7
„ pans of, cleansed,....255135111
„ white-washed or lime-whited,..4..474596
„ cleansed generally,....313..16
„ abolished or removed,..7..1..8
„ rebuilt, or new ones added,..8..4618