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St James's 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward, | 50 | 118 | 79 | 65 | 312 |
| Fowls removed, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Fish baskets and boxes removed, | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Foul smells prevented, | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
| Gas stopped from House, &c. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Gullies cleansed, | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
| „ repaired, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Houses, to which a full supply of water added, | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| „ painted and white-washed, | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| „ improvements made in the ventilation, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Kitchens, front, lime-whited or white-washed, | l | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| „ back, „ „ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| „ cleared of occupants, | 10 | 3 | .. | 1 | 14 |
| Lumber removed, | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
| Lead flats and gutters cleansed, | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Pigs removed, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Passages, entrance, lime-whited or white-washed, | 3 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| „ floors of, cleansed, | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Pipes, waste, repaired, | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Paint-work washed and cleansed, | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
| Rain-water pipes unstopped and cleansed, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Rooms white-washed, | 17 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 83 |
| „ dilapidations in, made good, | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| „ paint-work of, cleansed, | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| „ floors of, washed, | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| „ purified, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ overcrowded ones cleared, | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Rubbish removed from basements and vaults, | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 |
| Smoke, | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Sheds, or outbuildings, lime-whited, | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Stairs, main, white-washed, | 1 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 33 |
| „ basement, | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
| „ steps washed, | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Shops, walls and ceilings white-washed, | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Slops, offensive, removed, | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Urinals trapped, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Vaults ventilated, | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Carried forward, | 121 | 237 | 148 | 111 | 617 |
20th May, 1865.
JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.