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St James's 1874

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

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St. James's, Westminster.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Particulars of Drains reconstructed, cleansed, &c.,
during the Year, 1874.
20, Air Street. Branch drain in back kitchen repaired.
July 29th.
5, Argyll Street, Little. 9-inch pipe main drain taken
up and relaid, branch drain from soil pipe and gully in
yard reconstructed with 6-inch pipes. March 3rd.
6, Argyll Street, Little. Main drain of 9 and 6-inch
pipes taken up and relaid. March 3rd.
3, Bentinck Street. Main and branch drains unstopped
and cleansed. May 19th.
10, Bentinck Street. Main and branch drains unstopped,
cleansed and repaired. January 16th.
2, Berwick Street. New 4-inch pipe drain furnished
from main drain to rain water pipe. January 3rd.
3, Berwick Street. Main drain unstopped, cleansed and
repaired. May 9th.
82, Berwick Street. Main and branch drains unstopped,
cleansed and repaired. October 7th.
94, Berwick Street. New 4-incli pipe drain laid down
from yard to main drain on basement. May 2nd.

ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.

SUMMARY OF WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1874.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Number of nuisances removed7841341176511125002
„ complaints made39637538215
„ notices served68724928217
,, ,, attended to76684939232
„ Scarlet fever cases visited..1124861
„ typhoid „ „1310721
„ continued „11....2
„ small pox ,,..1113
„ diptheria „..1....1
„ diarrhœa „..2....8
,, measles ,,322..7
„ articles of bed clothing disinfected5637105265463
,, „ furniture142280147263
„ „ miscellaneous352939150253
„ „ wearing apparel95841280424
„ visits made where children died under the age of twelve months283231495
„ visits made to slaughter houses......55
„ urinals and places used as such, deodorised daily4915432
„ gullies, public, deodorised daily92030..59