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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 forward4166218036242464
Rooms, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed20143137102
„ paint work of, washed125153062
„ floors „114172860
„ overcrowded ones, cleared of occupants33118
„ disinfected with Maw's cups55....10
„ „ sulphur....173653
„ „ fluids..15..6
Rubbish, foul, removed..65..11
*Sausages, unfit for human food, destroyed, lots of1......1
Service pipes repaired..41..5
Shops, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed113..5
Sink stone pipes, new ones furnished..21..3
„ repaired1..1..2
„ unstopped and cleansed....1..1
„ disconnected from drains1..113
,, connections with drains made good211..4
„ traps furnished to2......2
Stairs, main, walls and ceilings whitewashed74120270
„ „ paint work washed2142..18
,, ,, steps of ,,8216615831437
„ basement walls and ceilings whitewashed85125488
„ „ paint work of, washed110....11
,, ,, steps ,,..82..10
Trades, nuisance from, abated....112
Vaults, walls of, lime whited321..6
„ rubbish removed from..1....1
„ floors of, cleansed1......1
„ „ repaired1......1
Vegetable matter, stale, removed....1..1
Washhouses lime whited1......1
Water stopped from entering houses through roof6..2..8
„ „ premises from street..44311
,, waste pipes repaired1......1
„ „ disconnected from drains..2....2
Water Closets, walls of, lime whited10100424156
,, water apparatus furnished to1231..16
„ „ repaired121112136
* This lot'consisted of 104 American Sausages, in weight about 200 lbs.
Carried forward622108011748033679