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St James's 1862

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

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TO THE VESTRY
OF
The Parish of St. James's Westminister.
Reverend Sir, My Lords, and Gentlemen,
I beg to lay before you my Seventh
Annual Report on the Causes of Death and the
Sanitary Work executed in your Parish during the
year 1862. The results are given in Tables at
the end of this Report, and I now proceed to draw
your attention in detail to some of the subjects
which have occupied my attention during that year,
and with which you have been more or less informed
by my Fortnightly Reports. Before proceeding to
special subjects I would speak first of the general
mortality of the year 1862.
MORTALITY OF 1862.
The total number of deaths in the four quarters
is 727. This is slightly in excess of the average of
the last seven years, which is 718; but it is below
the mortality of last year, and must be regarded as
representing on the whole a favourable state of
the health of the Parish. In order that you may
see how the deaths of the year contrasts with those
of previous years I present you with the number of
deaths in each year since 1855, when sanitary
measures were first carried out in the Parish:-

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Situation.Description of Work.Cost.Total.
£.s.d.£.s.d.
SEWER VENTILATOR IMPROVED.
Glasshouse StreetCarrying Ventilating Pipe up Front of House14151014151
SEWERS CLEARED AND REPAIRED.
Regent Street, by No. 61Sewer cleared and repaired3374
Ditto, by No. 95Ditto, ditto15141
Ditto, by No. 101Ditto, ditto8116
Gt. Windmill StreetOld Sewer removed, and Drains connected with Main Sewer34910
Argyll Street,Ditto, ditto934
Broad Street,Ditto, ditto19178
12139
LIGHTING.
Sherwood Street, late Queen Street, Golden Square,Alterations to Lamps in Sherwood Street, and providing and fixing the New Lamp600600
URINALS.
Angel and Crown,Heddon StreetRepairs to Drain, &c069
King's PlaceRepairs to Urinal476
DittoRemoving Urinal7100
GenerallyRepairs to Urinals, &c6159
1900
NEW NAMES TO STREETS.
Little Argyll Street
Berwick Street
Bridle Lane
Cleveland Row
Messrs. Rose & Co. Vitreous China Letters fixed to denote the following Streets:—Duke Street King Street
Poland Street
Great Ryder Street12156
Cork Street
Silver Street
Vigo Street
St. James's Place (2 names)
Foubert's Place
Brewer Street