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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 OP SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,-(Continued)

REPORT OP SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,-(Continued)

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward80810399237503520
Rain water pipes, new ones furnished11....2
,, ,, repaired173314
„ „ unstopped and cleansed..4228
,, „ traps furnished to..1..1
Booms, walls and ceilings whitewashed361857153345
„ disinfected with Maw's cups3420211994
„ „ Condy's fluid295102266
„ painted......77
,, paint work of, washed37252030112
,, floors ,,42213437134
„ cleansed....1..1
„ unfit for occupation, cleared of occupants....1..1
„ overcrowded ones „..1416
„ or dwellings, dirty ones cleansed..1....1
„ dilapidations made good......33
Rubbish, foul, removed138719
School rooms deodorised......33
Service pipes repaired......22
Shops, walls and ceilings whitewashed28....10
Sink stone pipes connected with drains......11
Smoke, nuisances from, abated11..13
Stairs, main, Avails and ceilings whitewashed6495115121
„ „ paint work of, washed..164424
,, ,, steps ,,61397067237
Structures, dangerous, made safe......11
Trades, nuisances from, abated..1....1
Urinals, new ones furnished....2..2
„ repaired1......1
,, removed......11
„ whitewashed....2..2
„ cleansed....156
„ deodorised......44
„ places used as such, deodorised....8..8
Vault9, whitewashed163..10
,, rubbish removed from..1....1
Vegetable matter, stale, removed..11..2
Carried forward10611435124010384774