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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 forward11222045149510735735
Sheds or buildings, lime-whited......11
Shops, walls and ceilings, white-washed221..5
„ paint work of, washed1......1
,, floors ,, ,,1......1
Smoke, nuisance from, abated1......1
Stairs, main, walls and ceilings white-washed8954233178
„ ,, paint work of, washed22541344
,, ,, stairs ,, „451827050347
„ ,, steps of, repaired......11
Urinals cleansed....123
„ repaired....1..1
„ deodorised ........11
„ lime-whited....1..1
Vaults, lime-whited..4..711
Wash-house, lime-whited1......1
Waste pipes repaired..1....1
„ „ unstopped1......1
Water closets, furnished with a full supply of water422371578
„ lime-whited181332218191
,, pans of, cleansed of soil1315141456
„ „ foul ones cleansed12023953
,, new ones furnished471..12
,, apparatus of, repaired420351574
„ soil pipes „32128
„ waste pipes ,,....112
„ service „ ,,5....16
,, waste pipes unstopped......11
„ traps, new ones furnished..6..612
„ seats „..52310
„ „ repaired1..135
„ raisers, new ones furnished..5139
„ repaired1..1..2
„ floors, new one furnished341210
„ „ repaired..1..12
„ pans, new ones furnished......88
„ ,, repaired....1..1
,, doors ,,....134
„ repaired generally2..114
„ cleansed715650141318
„ rebuilt..3..36
Carried forward13142653180814317206