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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 (continued.)

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward,501187965312
Fowls removed,....1..1
Fish baskets and boxes removed,....213
Foul smells prevented,1145323
Gas stopped from House, &c.11125
Gullies cleansed,..1..23
„ repaired,......11
Houses, to which a full supply of water added,..11..2
„ painted and white-washed,1..517
„ improvements made in the ventilation,..1....1
Kitchens, front, lime-whited or white-washed,l1215
„ back, „ „244212
„ cleared of occupants,103..114
Lumber removed,..1..23
Lead flats and gutters cleansed,2......2
Pigs removed,..1....1
Passages, entrance, lime-whited or white-washed,3213330
„ floors of, cleansed,3....14
Pipes, waste, repaired,....112
Paint-work washed and cleansed,....4..4
Rain-water pipes unstopped and cleansed,....1..1
Rooms white-washed,173819983
„ dilapidations in, made good,442111
„ paint-work of, cleansed,....235
„ floors of, washed,764421
„ purified,1......1
„ overcrowded ones cleared,11....2
Rubbish removed from basements and vaults,11..35
Smoke,..2....2
Sheds, or outbuildings, lime-whited,....1..1
Stairs, main, white-washed,1264233
„ basement,....4..4
„ steps washed,2....13
Shops, walls and ceilings white-washed,1..1..2
Slops, offensive, removed,......11
Urinals trapped,1......1
Vaults ventilated,12216
Carried forward,121237148111617

20th May, 1865.
JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.