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St James's 1867

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

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REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,—( Continued.)

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward73260168179680
Corpses human interred by request11....2
Courts, walls of, lime-whited......11
Damp prevented141410
Dilapidations, exterior, made good24118
„ interior210251154
Dogs removed..13..4
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises243110
„ removed....1..1
Drains, foul ones cleansed672419
„ repaired13118537
„ reconstructed with 9 inch pipes......22
„ „ 6 „334212
„ flaps furnished to 9 inch pipes......22
„ unstopped1127221979
„ connected with sewer..1....1
„ traps added to1618242482
„ defective ones made effective......44
„ abolished..1..23
„ deodorised......33
Dust-bins cleansed461363876296
„ covers furnished to211310246
„ repaired1668333
„ new ones furnished to houses12....6
Dwellings, over-crowded ones cleared1....12
„ ventilation of, improved....1..1
„ cleansed..1....1
Foul smells stopped322815
Fish unfit for human food destroyed21227
Fat, stale, removed....1..1
Gas stopped from entering houses....257
Gullies cleansed821112
„ repaired1..135
Houses drained with 9 inch pipes1....12
„ „ 6 „535215
„ to which a full supply of water has been added...1214
Kitchens, front, cleared of lodgers....1..1
„ „walls and ceilings lime-whited41512334
„ „floors of, washed..3429
„ „ cleared of occupants2....34
Carried forward2445433523761515