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St James's 1866

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

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coffie, or burnt bread. If at all turbid or discoloured, it should
be allowed to settle, and should be boiled and filtered. No
water should be drunk which comes out of a dirty butt, or
that has been standing near a sink or closet. All disterns
should be cleansed, and wooden butts be charred or pitched
inside. The water from street pumps should be avoided.
9. persons who attend upon the sick should wash their
hands and face before any meal, and should not take any food
in the room occupied by the patient.
10. In the case of persons requiring removal, notice should
be given at the Workhouse, in Poland Street: and information
of thee occurrence of any case of Cholers, and complaints of
nuisances affecting the public health, should at once be given
at the Vestry Offices, Piecadilly.
The following duly qualified medical Practitioners have been
appointed to act as Medical Visitors under the Directions of the
Privy Council, for supplying Medicines and affording Medical
Assistance without charge to the Inhabitants, both by Day and
Night, and to whom, on the slightest attack of Diarrhœs,
cation should be forthwith made, by persons residing in
Pall Mall Ward, to Mr. Aemersong, 32, Duke Street,
Piecadilly:
Church Ward, to Mr. Kets, 20, Warwick Street, Regent
Street;
Golden Square Ward, to Dr. Slight, 25, Brewer Street,
Golden Square;
Gt. Mariborough Ward, to Mr. Hemsey, 66, Wardour
Street, near Little Pultency Street.