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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 1872

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

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Table: REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORE.-(Continued.)

REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORE.-(Continued.)

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ARATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter,For the whole Year.
Brought forward1884232582301099
Cabs disinfected....1..1
Carpets, foul, cleansed and removed......33
,, Cesspools cleansed out and filled up131..5
,, deodorised..3....3
Corpse, human, coffined and disinfected2......2
„ „ interred by order..45110
,, „ deodorised..35..8
Courts, walls of, lime-whited..1....1
Damp in dwellings prevented1..2..3
Dilapidations, exterior, make good114..6
„ interior „226414
Dogs removed....1..1
Drains reconstructed with 9-inch pipes31116
,, ,, ,, 6-inch ,,263617
„ 9-inch pipes taken up and relaid1......1
,, 6-inch ,, ,,12....3
Drains unstopped and cleansed1198..28
„ cleansed and repaired974626
„ traps furnished to3951027
,, dips ,, ,,..1....1
„ old brick abolished......11
„ deodorised816211661
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises3..2..5
„ „ removed22....4
„ „ deodorised2..5..7
Dust bins cleansed101148125137511
„ „ new ones furnished15....6
„ ,, repaired74..112
„ „ covers furnished to42118
,, ,, doors ,,12..14
„ „ deodorised2..529
Dwellings, overcrowded ones cleared of occupants..63..9
„ dirty ones cleansed....617
*Eggs, foul, deodorised......11
Fat, stale, removed12....3
†ish unfit for human food, pads of, destroyed..3418
*A Barrel containing 1,000 Eggs.
†ot—23 Cods, do. 114 Mackerel, do. 12 Plaice, do. 121 Plaice, do. 44 Mackerel, do. 9 Mackerel, do. 10G Plaice, half bushel of Whelks.
Carried forward3576654764231921