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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 WORK,—( Continued.)

ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.

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

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year
Brought forward49152129141471
Dangerous structures made safe....1..1
Dilapidations, exterior, made good11..35
„ interior „132..6
Dogs removed1..1..2
Drains, 9-inch pipes, taken up and relaid2......2
,, 6 ,, ,, ,,3..1..4
„ reconstructed with 9-inch pipes14..16
,, ,, 6 ,, ,,713213
,, ,, 4 ,, ,,....3..3
,, connected to deep sewer with 6-inch pipes1......1
„ unstopped and cleansed383..14
„ „ „ and repaired561214
„ repaired728118
„ branch, new ones of 4-inch pipes furnished22....4
„ syphons furnished to..1....1
„ dip traps „5..1..6
„ traps18717951
„ old brick abolished3......3
„ deodorised1915084244
Drainage matter stopped from entering premises....1..1
„ removed....2..2
„ deodorised....1..1
Dust bins cleansed65667857266
„ new ones furnished..36..9
„ covers furnished to2..3..5
,, doors ,,2..3..5
„ repaired „261211
„ deodorised....8..8
Dwellings, dirty ones cleared of occupants1..1..2
„ overcrowded „1......1
*Eggs, stale, removed..1....1
Fat ,, ,,....1..1
Fat ,, deodorised....1..1
†Fish unfit for human food destroyed, lots of....1..1
Foul matter removed462113
„ deodorised..2..13
„ effluvia stopped11125
Furniture, articles of, disinfected and washed, lots of2291730
* 8 Tubs of Eggs. † 11 lbs. of Eels.
Carried forward1902834393231235