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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 REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward6751397111811344324
Water Closets, soil pipes connection with drains made good..1113
„ supply pipes repaired1..1..2
,, cisterns furnished to......33
„ windows „ „1......1
,, new ones furnished......11
„ rebuilt......22
„ repaired generally2..125
„ cleansed ,,149232554251
,, cesspits abolished1......1
„ ventilated and lighted with gas..2....2
„ ventilation of, improved12....3
„ old, abolished..11..2
„ discontinued from use......11
„ deodorised2278239
Water stopped from entering houses from roof2..259
„ „ ,, premises..34..7
„ waste pipes disconnected from drains..2....13
„ ,, traps furnished to....2..2
Wearing apparel disinfected with Frazer's stove, lots of2451223
„ ,, „ Maw's cups „..1315
„ „ „ Condy's fluid „..151622
„ washed „11
Workshops, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed..1..34
„ ventilated..1....1
Yards, walls of, lime-whited61073116160
„ paving of, repaired467320
,, „ ,, cleansed114193853224
„ „ „ deodorised1263..30
STABLES.
Walls and ceilings of, lime-whited....1..1
Paving of, relaid..11
,, „ repaired..11..2
,, „ cleansed....1..1
Gullies of, new ones furnished..2..13
,, „ repaired..1....1
„ „ cleansed....2..2
Cesspits abolished..2....2
Drains of 6 inch pipes repaired..2....2
,, traps furnished to..l..12
Carried forward9631631126013145168