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,449117716671273122015211104992946138811,737
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
Walls of, lime-whited,32053757214773
„ sheep or cattle pens lime-whited,..................33
Blood stale, removed from,..2................2
Ventilation of, improved in,......1............1
Floors of, repaired,............1......1
„ cleansed,................4..4
Walls of yards lime-whited,................3..3
Drained,......1............1
Drains trapped,....21............3
Various improvements made in,......4............4
STABLES.
Drained with pipes,..2339174222..71
Drains repaired,......4132......10
„ traps added to,......7826..311..109
Cesspools cleansed out and filled up,....1..1..........2
Drains of yards unstopped and cleansed,..................11
Walls and ceilings of stables lime-whited,......447..56....62
Stables repaved or repaired,......75..11....14
„ water-closets added to,......21....1....4
„ dwelling over white-washed and painted,..............3....3
„ dilapidations made good,........2..........2
„ water-closet furnished to,..........1........1
„ horses removed from on account of stable being unfit for horse occupation,......1..1........2
„ cisterns furnished to dwellings over..........3........3
Yards of, drained,........1....2....3
„ repaired,......23....1....0
„ unstopped,..............1....1
„ paving of, repaired,......31..........4
„ drains trapped,......12..........3
„ cleansed,......13..2......???
„ manure removed from,..7443433..331
Coach-houses white-washed,......3............3
COW HOUSES.
Cow houses grains stale, removed from,..............1....1
„ dung bins covers added to,......................
„ drains of, repaired,......................
„ „ trapped,......................
„ grain bins, new ones added,......................
„ „ re-constructed,......................
„ general dilapidations made good,......................
„ lime-whited walls, &c...........443....1
„ manure removed from,..............1......
Carried forward,4521208168214721300154611341020970140212,1811