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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 forward1902834392321235
Gas stopped from entering houses..1124
Gullies private, new ones furnished32..16
„ repaired923216
„ unstopped and cleansed353213
Houses whitewashed and painted throughout411..6
„ furnished with a full supply of water5......5
Kitchens, front, walls and ceilings whitewashed694120
,, back ,, „52020853
„ „ floors of, repaired1..113
,, front, paint work of, washed......11
,, ,, floors ,,....112
,, back „ ,,2......2
„ front,occupied contrary to law,cleared of occupants41..27
„ back „ ,,..1....1
Lead flats or gutters cleansed1..214
repaired....2..2
Lumber, foul, removed....1..1
Mattresses disinfected with Frazer's stove109193573
,, ,, sulphur....61117
foul, removed1..2..3
„ „ destroyed4......4
Miscellaneous articles,disinfected with Eraser's stove,lots of4562338
,, ,, ,, sulphur „....459
„ „ „ fluids „....15051
„ washed....1..1
Passages, main, or entrance, walls and ceilings whitewashed74420172
,, „ paint work of, washed191..11
,, ,, floors ,,10819017739514
„ basement walls and ceilings, whitewashed61518443
,, „ floors of, washed1..1..2
Pillows disinfected with Fraser's stove19144978160
„ „ sulphur....132841
Rain water pipes, new ones furnished12....214
,, „ repaired463114
„ „ unstopped and cleansed112..4
,, „ traps furnished32....5
,, „ connections with drains made good11114
,, „ disconnected from, drains1..113
Carried forward416621803|6242464