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St James's 1872

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

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St. James's, Westminster.

Table: REP0RT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORKFOR THE YEAR 1872.

REP0RT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK

FOR THE YEAR 1872.

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Animal matter removed....1..1
Areas, front, lime-whited684313124
,, back ,,16019181
„ front, paving of, cleansed12176540
,, back ,, ,,282820
„ front „ repaired......11
„ back „ deodorised....5..5
Basements, walls and ceilings whitewashed1114..16
„ floors of, washed14..16
„ „ deodorised1..1..2
„ rooms, walls, and ceilings, whitewashed ,......22
„ ,, floors of, washed1..113
„ stairs, walls, and ceilings, whitewashed863374112
„ „ paint work of, washed..6..410
,, ,, steps of32....5
„ passages, walls, and ceilings, whitewashed32619250
„ „ floors of, washed3......3
Baskets, fish foul, removed1......1
„ „ deodorised1......1
Beds disinfected with Frazer's stove919579145410
,, „ Maw's cups......66
„ „ Condy's fluid......11
,, washed2..1..3
„ destroyed..11..2
Bed clothes disinfected with Frazer's stove, lots of44181722101
„ „ Maw's cups „......44
„ „ Condy's fluid153918
,, washed3..0..3
„ destroyed..5....5
Bolsters....2..2
Bones, stale, removed1......1
Butts or cisterns cleansed..1519842
„ „ covers furnished to11417
„ „ new ones furnished....4..4
„ ,, reparied....2..3
„ „ apparatus of, repaired..2..24
Carried forward1884232582301099