London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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St James's 1871

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

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11, Cambridge Street. Branch drain in basement
passage repaired. December 6th.
11, Cross Street. Branch drain repaired. May 19th.
1, Cross Court. House and premises drained into
main sewer in the court, main of 6 and branches of 4-inch
pipes. June 17th.
6, Crown Court, Great. Main and branch drains unstopped
and cleansed. December 20th.
5, Dufour's Place. Main and branch drains unstopped
and cleansed. March 29th.
9, Edward Street. 4-inch pipe drain from water closet
replaced with 6-inch. January 12th.
10, Edward Street. Main drain let off. January 2nd.
Branch from water closet in yard connected to main drain
of house with 6-inch pipes. Januury 12th.
4, George Place. Main drain unstopped and cleansed.
July 24th. Repaired. November 8th.
5, George Place. Main drain unstopped and cleansed.
July 14th.
9, Green's Court. Main drain let off. February 1st.
Unstopped, cleansed and repaired. February 3rd. Again
unstopped and cleansed. June 10th.
18, Heddon Street. Main drain from water closet
in yard to back area reconstructed with 6-inch pipes.
August 15th.
13, Heddon Court. Main drain let off. April 28th.
1, Ingestre Place. Main and branch drains unstopped
and cleansed. April 14th.

A SUMMARY OF WORK DURING THE YEAR.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Number of nuisances removed15082984224816718411
„ complaints made10912512967430
„ notices served1171079788409
„ „ attended to671158988359
„ complaints made under Workshops Regulation Act35....8
„ visits made to „ ,,67....13
„ forms filled up and left24....6
„ continued fever cases visited122914
„ scarlet „ „955322
„ typhoid „ „..5139
„ typhus „ „....1..1
„ gastric „ „......11
„ diphtheria cases visited11..35
„ diarrhœa „....2..2
„ choleraic diarrhœa....2..2
„ cholera....1..1
„ small pox89725518234
„ children found unvaccinated15......15
,, articles of bed clothing disinfected4976613362981792
„ furniture „2....109111
,, miscellaneous articles ,,3595743652111509
,, wearing apparel „5107643681901832