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St James's 1866

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

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Table: REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,FOR THE YEAR 1866.

REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,

FOR THE YEAR 1866.

nuisances removed or abated.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Areas, front, lime-whited1468477
„ back „3227537
„ front, paving of, repaired....112
„ back„ „..1..34
„ cleansed ,..1517
Abodes cleansed128112
Animal matter removed..12..3
Basement rooms, walls and ceilings lime-whited..330547
passages „..432642
„ stairs „ „....156
„ floors washed „ „..121518
„ room floors washed „2..1..3
Bedding purified....11..11
„ and bed clothes1....13
„ destroyed1..6..7
Beds and mattresses destroyed .......1414
Bones removed..1..12
Butts, cisterns, and other water receptacles cleansed..118827
„ „ „ „ lepaired21..25
„ „ „ „ new ones added. .. .1. .1
„ „ „ „ covers added to. .329537
Cesspools cleansed out and filled up321. .6
Courts, lime-whited12. .25
Corpse interred by request..1. ...1
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises23229
Drains re-constructed with pipes34....7
„ defective pipes of, repaired1....12
„ repaired ......59171344
„ unstopped and cleansed714221962
„ old ones not in use removed..1....1
„ traps added to1211531389
„ connections of, made good....12..12
„ foul ones cleansed629219
Carried forward5175367129622

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James H.Morgan,
Sanitary Inspector.
June 14th, 1867.
Note:—The work of two ???