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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 1870

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

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Table: REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,-(Continued).

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

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward2264203825021530
Damp prevented112..4
Dilapidations, exterior, made good441110
„ interior32128
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises..2..13
„ „ removed121..4
„ „ deodorised17l211
Drains reconstructed with 9 inch pipesl6l19
„ „ „ 6 „ „217..10
„ „ „ 4 „ „31....4
„ brick repaired187117
„ Pipe „2......2
„ taken up and relaid2......2
„ unstopped and cleansed162510758
„ connected with main sewer..1....1
„ old ones not in use removed..2..24
„ traps furnished to413161245
„ deodorised..1231126
Dust bins cleansed128797525307
„ „ new ones furnished22....4
„ ,, tops and covers furnished to331310
„ „ repaired222713
Dwellings, overcrowded ones cleared1......1
„ foul and dirty ones cleansed5....16
Fat, stale, removed......11
Fish unfit for human food; pads destroyed....112
Foul smells prevented..2338
„ matter removed..51..6
Furniture, articles of, washed..101..11
Gas stopped from entering houses, &c.1..113
Gullies, private, cleansed1487736
„ „ repaired346316
Houses to which a full supply of water has been furnished..3126
Kitchens, front, white-washed48141036
,, back ,, ,,73016861
„ front floors of, washed..11..2
,, back ,, ,,..21..3
repaired11316
Carried forward4386675666152286