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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,—( Continued.)

REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S "WORK,—( Continued.)

NUISANCES EE MOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third QuarterFourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward55240187145627
Cesspools cleansed out and filled up....213
Cesspits abolished....2..2
Chapels, repaired, cleansed and painted..1....1
Corpse, human, interred by request .. ..11....2
„ „ coffined and deodorised....2..2
„ ,, deodorised..1....1
Courts, walls of, lime-whited..24..6
,, paving of, cleanse..1..12
Dilapidations, exterior, made good31..15
,, interior ,, ,,122..5
Dogs removed, five, in lots of111..3
Drains reconstructed with 12-inch pipes....4..4
,, ,, ,, 9 ,, ,,....123
,, ,, ,, 6 ,, ,,341311
,, ,, ,, 4 ,, ,,4411524
„ of 9 inch pipes taken up and relaid•..11
,, ,, ,, 6 ,, ,,1..113
„ main, repaired3610524
„ branch, repaired....628
„ „ new ones furnished1....12
„ unstopped, cleansed, and repaired4..1..5
,, ,,637319
,, brick, repaired..2....2
„ dip traps furnished to72..211
9, traps ,, 91521141555
„ „ repaired....1..1
„ old brick abolished3......3
,, deodorised1318..40
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises..2316
,, ,, removed13..15
„ „ deodorised13....4
Dust bins cleansed1301338074426
„ „ new ones furnished122..5
„ „ covers furnished to1..225
,, ,, doors ,,11..13
„ ,, repaired..44513
„ ,, deodorised1..135
Dwellings, dirty ones cleared of occupants....213
„ overcrowded „ „....2..2
Fat, stale, removed....3..3
Carried forward2354713632861355