London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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St James's 1865

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

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SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK —continued.

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.1856185718581859186018611862186318641865Total.
Brought forward,3157459316637148105664493946096228
Lumber removed,....2525643532
Lead flats or gutters cleansed,..15911828102570
„ „ repaired,........2..........2
Night soil removed,..511............7
Oyster shells removed,..7238..3....124
Pigs removed,....1............12
Passages, entrance, white-washed,....3422175119363053262
Passages, floors of, cleansed,............794424
Pipes, waste, repaired,................2..2
Paint work washed and cleansed,................459
Pigs removed,......1....1......2
Rabbits removed,......22..1......5
Rain-water pipes unstopped and cleansed..........2231513
„ „ connected with Sewer,......4............4
„ „ repaired,..258..8113..744
„ „ new ones added,....23....11....7
„ „ trapped..................11
Rooms white-washed,4068101494013943508377690
„ dilapidations in, made good,....15210231..11466
„ paint work of, cleansed,................5..5
„ floors of, washed,..............3211842
„ purified,............111..3
„ ventilation of, attended to,..................11
„ over-crowded ones cleared,............662418
„ ventilation of, improved,..............4..37
Rubbish removed,..3561526141051498
Rags removed,..................22
Smoke,..22328222528
Soil pipes repaired,....24............6
Sheds or out buildings lime-whited,................1..1
Structures, dangerous ones, made safe,......8875......28
Stairs, main, white-washed,..84035243818353358289
„ repaired,........12........3
„ basement, washed,................21820
„ lighted and ventilated,........11......13
„ steps washed,............63..9
Service pipes repaired,........2311....7
Shops, ventilation improved in,..............1....1
„ walls, and ceilings white-washed,..3..359..42127
Sewers, old branch ones, removed,......12..........3
Slops, offensive, removed,................1..1
Shop floors washed,..................11
Trades or business nuisances from,abated..5..2311....214
Urine stopped from entering Premises,..11..............2
Carried forward,355864115383686611357176386129058081