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St James's 1862

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

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REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,

FOR THE YEAR 1862.

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Areas, front lime-whited, -296219
„ back, „238316
„ drained„..........
,, cleansed,....3..3
Abodes cleansed,11125
Animal matter removed,..21..3
Basements lime-whited, -....6915
,, passages lime-whited, -162211
,, stairs ,,2254132
,, improved in ventilation,....1..1
Butts, cisterns, and other water receptacles cleansed,23....5
„ ,, „ „ repaired,32117
,, ,, ,, ,, covers added to, -14....5
Bedding foul, cleansed, -....2..2
,, destroyed, -1......1
Cesspools cleansed and filled up, -251210
Corpse human, interred by request, -..1....1
Courts, walls of, lime-whited, -..1....1
Cats,1......1
Drainage matter, stopped out of Houses, -812516
Drains re-constructed,7128532
„relaid„..1....1
,, cleansed out and repaired, -1188532
,, unstopped and cleansed, -192512965
,, connected with Main Sewer,......22
,, old ones not in use removed, -3......3
,, traps added to,1324211169
Dust-bins cleansed,1336171480
,, new ones furnished to Houses, -321410
,, tops and covers added to, -311510
,, repaired, -32..49
Dilapidations, exterior, made good, -32....5
,, interior, ,,33..28
Damps prevented,14139
Dogs removed,13....4
Dwellings, ventilations improved in,....2..3
,, overcrowded ones cleared,....3..3
Foul smells prevented, -432514
Fish refuse removed, -..1....1

25th June, 1803.
JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.