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St James's 1866

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

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independent access from the entrance. This suggestion
may seem. impracticable, but unless the
Vestry are prepared to adopt very bold measures
indeed, very Utile abort of some such coarse will be
of roach avail when the crowded state of the
Pariah thoroughfare* is taken into consideration,
and it might happen that the requisite accommodation
being provided inside the public houses
would to some extent reduce the necessity for the
same convenience in more prominent situations.
Should any apology be considered necessary for
introducing this subject, it will bo found in the
minutes of the meetings of the Vestry snd the
Works Committee, in addition to the attempts I
have personally made to propose something to
surmount the difficulty aa far as this Parish
ia concerned; as in the greater portion of the
Metropolis the obstacles to be overcome are not of
counts so formidable.
It will be seen by the accompanying list that
apart from some amall matters in cleansing, Ac.,
the operations of the Vestry have been restricted, in
this particular, to the removal of one urinal from a
small court loading from the Haymarket to St.
James's Market