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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 1871

[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 forward2314514242471353
Dangerous structures made safe..11..2
Dead bodies deodorised......22
Dilapidations, exterior, made good..1..23
„ interior, „..24511
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises2......2
„ removed....224
„ deodorised..1539
Drains reconstructed with 9-inch pipes....112
„ „ 6 „..52411
„ branch reconstructed with 6-inch pipes......11
„ „ 4 „......11
,, brick repaired..33..6
„ 6-inch pipe taken up and relaid1......1
„ pipe, unstopped and cleansed714111446
,, cleansed and repaired5......5
„ ,, repaired......77
„ traps furnished to716211761
„ deodorised3604411118
Dust bins cleansed971067596374
„ new ones furnished51....6
,, covers furnished to132410
„ repaired..110516
,, deodorised....112
Dwellings „....5..5
Fat, stale, removed....213
Fish refuse deodorised1......1
„ baskets, stale, removed......11
„ unfit for human food; pads destroyed..2417
†Fruit „ „ cases „1..1..2
Foul smells prevented11114
„ matter removed..1113
„ „ deodorised..1....1
Furniture, articles of, washed and disinfected2....79
Gas stopped from entering houses..12..3
Gullies, new one furnished......11
,, repaired..78823
„ unstopped and cleansed1191324
* Lot—37 Plaice, do. 24, do. 58; do. 44 Skate; do. 25 Plaice, do. 24, do. 33.
†3 Bushels of Chesnuts. 45 Punnets of Strawberries.
Carried forward3656796394572140