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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 forward7311594136616225313
Urinals cleansed..2....2
„ new ones furnished111..3
„ white-washed..1....1
Vaults white-washed1126221
„ deodorised..1....1
Vegetable refuse removed....112
Water stopped from entering houses & premises from street374..14
„ „ „ „ „ through roof3..115
Water-closets lime-whited131005212177
„ furnished with a supply of water1021222073
„ pans cleansed of soil3119182593
„ „ foul ones cleansed717241159
„ cleansed generally112165102242621
„ soil pipes repaired14..16
„ service pipes repaired266519
,, seats, new ones furnished145212
,, repaired133512
„ raisers, new ones furnished145111
„ „ repaired..2125
„ floors, new ones furnished..43613
„ „ repaired..2....2
„ pans, new ones furnished28218
„ ,, repaired....1..1
„ traps, new ones furnished132410
„ apparatus of, repaired1316211868
„ repaired generally143311
„ rebuilt „..12..3
„ new ones furnished23....5
„ abolished....2..2
,, lighting and ventilation of, improved231..6
„ lighted and ventilated with gas..11..2
„ doors furnished tol..326
„ deodorised197320
Wash-houses, walls and ceilings white-washed..3..14
Wearing apparel disinfected and washed63015422891138
„ „ foul, washed..11..3546
„ „ ,, destroyed..4....4
Wells abolished1......1
Windows, sashes of, made to come down from top21....3
Carried forward9502332220723147803