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St James's 1874

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

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Table: ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORKDURING THE YEAR 1874.

ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,

TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK

DURING THE YEAR 1874.

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Animal Matter, deodorised and removed....1..1
Areas, front, lime whited66014282
,, back ,,25018272
„ front paving of, repaired..1....1
,, back ,, ,,....1..1
„ „ dangerous, made safe..2....2
„ front, paving of, cleansed..53..8
,, back ,, ,,....3..3
Basements, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed18....9
,. floors of, washed..1....1
Beds, disinfected with Frazer's stove166264896
„ „ sulphur....81624
„ washed....1..1
„ destroyed1......1
???ed clothes disinfected with Frazer's stove, lots of54122849
„ „ sulphur „....4711
„ „ fluids ,,....32124
„ washed....1..1
???ones, stale, removed....2..2
„ deodorised....2..2
???utts or cisterns cleansed..314421
„ new ones furnished125....17
„ repaired1..1..2
„ covers furnished to11327
„ apparatus furnished to......22
„ „ repaired1..315
„ waste pipes disconnected from drains....336
???esspools cleansed out and filled up32..16
???himneys repaired..1....1
???orpse, human, coffined, deodorised and removed....347
„ „ „ and interred by order..21..3
???ourts, walls of, lime whited....2..2
???amp prevented..1....1
Carried forward49152129141471