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St James's 1861
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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A SUMMARY OF WORK DURING THE YEAR.
Number of Nuisances removed, 1574
„ notices served, 185
„ notices attended to, 177
„ houses drained with 9-inch pipes, 2
,, houses drained with 6-inch pipes, 81
„ stables drained with 6inch pipes, 5
„ cases of scarlatina visited, 49
„ „ fevers, „ 20
,, „ diarrhœa „ 12
„ „ diptheria, „ 3
„ „ smallpox, „ 1
„ „ measles, „ 1
„ complaints received from the inhabitants of the
Parish, 250
,, visits made to houses and premises, 3738
JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.
May 17, 1802.
C
St. James's, Mestminster.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,
FOR THE YEAR 1861.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Areas, Walls, or Paving repaired, | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| „ paving cleansed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ front liine-whited, | 1 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 38 |
| „ back, | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| „ drained, | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Abodes cleansed, | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
| Animals removed, | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Animal matter removed, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Basements lime whited, | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| „ passages, | 1 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 29 |
| „ stairs, | 2 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 38 |
| Butts, cisterns, and other water receptacles cleansed, | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| „ „ „ „ repaired, | .. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| „ „ „ „ covers added to, | .. | 2 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| „ „ „ „ furnished to houses | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Bedding foul, cleansed, | .. | • • | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Cesspools cleansed out and filled up, | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 |
| Corpse human, interred by request, | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Courts, walls of, lime-whited, | .. | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| Drainage matter, stopped out of Houses, | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 25 |
| Drains re-constructed, | 8 | 18 | 3 | .. | 29 |
| „ relaid, | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| „ cleansed out and repaired, | 7 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 45 |
| „ unstopped and cleared, | 16 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 48 |
| „ connected with Main Sewer, | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 3 |
| „ trapped, | 6 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 53 |
| „ old ones not in use removed, | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 |
| Dust-bins cleansed, | 27 | 39 | 8 | 19 | 93 |
| „ new ones furnished to houses, | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| „ tops and covers added to, | .. | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| „ repaired, | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Dilapidations exterior, made good, | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| „ interior, „ | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Damp prevented, | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Dogs removed, | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Dwellings, ventilation improved in, | .. | 3 | 19 | .. | 22 |
| „ overcrowded ones cleared, | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| Eggs rotten, removed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |