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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1868

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

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Table: REPORT OFSANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK(Continued.)

REPORT OFSANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK(Continued.)

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward3468666743142200
Kitchens, front floors of, washed4..138
„ hack „ „41218
,, front „ repaired......11
„ „ cleared of occupants3......3
„ back „ „1......1
Lumber removed1......1
Lead flats or gutters cleansed..2..57
Mattrasses destroyed2410117
„ washed2......2
Oyster shells removed..521228
Pigs removed......44
Passages, entrance white-washed131075217189
„ „ floors of, washed26662880140
Rain water pipes unstopped and cleansed....246
„ „ connected with sewer....1..1
„ ,, repaired..33..6
„ „ trapped..1....1
„ „ new ones added..1....1
Booms, walls, and ceilings white-washed621326888350
„ dilapidations in, made good..17....17
„ floors of, washed18105336
„ overcrowded ones cleared6..182549
„ sleeping, over-crowded, reduced......44
„ ventilation of, improved5......5
„ disinfected4..161131
Rubbish removed455216
Smoke nuisance from, abated222410
Sink stones, waste pipes fitted to....1..1
„ „ „ unstopped... .1..1
Structures, dangerous made safe742316
Stairs, main, white-washed111015120183
Carried forward52113279635323343

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JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.
April 17 th, 1869.