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St James's 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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St. James's Westminster.
REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,
FOR THE YEAR 1865.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Areas, front, lime-whited, | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 33 |
| „ back, „ | 1 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| „ front, paving of, repaired, | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| „ „ „ cleansed, - | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| „ „ „ drained, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Abodes cleansed, | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Basements, rooms, walls, and ceilings lime-whited, | .. | 6 | 5 | .. | 11 |
| „ passages lime-whited, | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| „ stairs, | 4 | 3 | 17 | 24 | |
| „ floors washed, | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
| „ room floors washed, | 2 | .. | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| Bedding and bed clothes, | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Bones removed, | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Butts, cisterns, and other water receptacles cleansed, | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| „ „ „ „ repaired, | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| „ „ „ „ new ones added, | |||||
| „ „ „ „ covers added to, | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Business or trade, nuisance from, removed or abated, | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Cesspools cleansed out and filled up, | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 7 |
| Clothing washed, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Drainage matter, stopped from entering Premises, | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Drains re-constructed, with pipes, | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| „ repaired | 11 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 39 |
| „ unstopped and cleansed, | 6 | 15 | 25 | 10 | 56 |
| „ connected with Main Sewer, | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| „ old ones not in use removed, | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| „ traps added to | 5 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| „ connections of, made good, | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ foul ones cleansed, | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Dust-bins cleared, | 23 | 21 | 35 | 40 | 119 |
| „ new ones furnished, | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 |
| „ tops and covers added to, | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| „ repaired, | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Dilapidations, exterior, made good, | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| „ interior, „ | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Damp prevented | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Carried forward, | 90 | 122 | 147 | 147 | 506 |