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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 1873

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

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Table: REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK FOR THE YEAR 1873.

REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK FOR THE YEAR 1873.

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Animals, dead, removed1......1
„ nuisance from, stopped....1..1
Areas, front, lime whited7462921103
,, back „ ,,24227980
„ front, paving of, cleansed432211
,, back ,, ,,22228
„ front, dangerous, made safe1..2..3
„ „ deodorised1..113
,, back ,,2....13
Basements, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed..45312
„ floors of, washed1..1..2
„ rooms, walls, and ceilings of, whitewashed ......426
,, stairs ,, ,, ,, ,,11572318109
„ „ paint work of, washedl73..11
,, ,, Steps ,, ,,..6. ...6
„ passages, walls, and ceilings of, whitewashed52113847
„ „ paint work of, washed....2..2
,, floors ,, ,,121..4
„ ,, „ „ deodorised1....12
Beds disinfected with Frazer's stove414122959
„ „ „ Maw's cups..312520
„ washed..6....6
Bed clothes disinfected with Frazer's stove, lots of..351627
,, ,, ,, Maw's Cups „....325
,, ,, ,, Condy's fluid „3131623
„ washed, lots of..4..15
Bones, stale, removed....33
„ „ deodorised....3..3
Butts or cisterns cleansed..1020131
„ „ new ones furnished333312
„ ,, repaired132..6
„ „ covers furnished to11..13
„ „ „ repaired......22
„ „ apparatus of, repaired..1517
Carpets, foul, removed..1....1
Carried forward55240187145627