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,4521208168214721300154611341020970140212,186
Cow houses, paving of, repaired,......................
„ cleared of stock,......................
„ ventilated,......................
BAKE HOUSES.
Bake houses, ventilation improved in,..................11
Walls, ceilings, and other pipes lime whited,................91827
„l areas, lime whited,..................11
„ „ store room lime-whited,..................1010
„ „ basement passages „..................22
„ „ „ stairs, „..................66
„ „ „ yards, „..................11
SUMMARY OF WORK.
Number of nuisances removed,4521208168214721300154611341020979144112,234
„ notices served,..........18516614472150717
„ „ attended to,..........17713112866148650
„ houses drained with 9-in.pipes,....10432341330
„ „ „ 6-in. „35925245343132131614364
„ „ „ 4-in. „....11......1....3
„ stables „ 6-in. „....1029..5........44
„ scarlatina visited,..........491.38482057312
„ typhus fever „..............1432551
„ typhoid „..............36615
„ continued „..........2058122110121
„ small-pox „..........1224449260
„ diphtheria „..........31123322
„ measels „..........17......8
„ diarrhœa „..........12..410329
„ dysentery „............11l..3
„ pneumonia „..............1....1
„ complaints received from the inhabitants of the parish,..........250368..1592251002
„ visits made to cow-sheds,..............6879..147
„ „ slaughter-houses,..............574729133
„ „ bake houses,................73133206
„ „ houses & premises,..........373836463320....10,704
„ workshops or rooms inspected......................
„ tailors,..............59....59
„ shoemakers,..............16....16
„ milliners,..............11....11
„ dressmakers,..............9....9
„ bookbinders,..............3....3
„ crinoline makers,..............2....2
„ shirt makers,..............1....1
„ envelope makers,..............1....1