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St James's 1875
[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.
TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK,—
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 53 | 213 | 213 | 310 | 780 |
| Corpse, human, deodorised and removed | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| „ „ coffined and deodorised | . | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Courts, Avails of, lime whited | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | 11 |
| Dilapidations, exterior, made good | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ interior ,, | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | 8 |
| Dogs removed, in lots of | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Drains, reconstructed with 0 inch pipes | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| „ „ 6 „ | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| „ of 6-inch pipes taken up and relaid | 2 | .. | 1 | ||
| .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| branch, new ones furnished | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| „ unstopped and cleansed | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| „ „ „ and repaired | 4 | .. | 2 | 10 | |
| „ repaired | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | |
| ,, let off | .. | .. | 1 | . ' | 1 |
| „ old brick abolished | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
| „ syphons furnished to | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| „ dip traps „ | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| ,, traps ,, | 14 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 36 |
| „ deodorised | 18 | 44 | 47 | 194 | 303 |
| Drainage matter stopped from entering premises | 5 | 1 | .. | 10 | |
| „ „ removed | 1 | 1 | .. | ||
| „ „ deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
| Dust bins cleansed | 150 | 70 | 61 | 118 | 390 |
| „ new ones furnished | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 |
| „ repaired | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| „ covers furnished to | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| „ doors „ | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 |
| ,, deodorised | .. | 66 | 3 | 144 | 213 |
| Dwellings, dirty ones cleared of occupants | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Fat, stale, removed | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Fish, baskets, foul, deodorised | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Foul matter removed | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| „ „ deodorised | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 |
| „ effiuvia stopped | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| †Fowls removed, in lots of | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Furniture, articles of, disinfected and washed, lots of | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| Carried forward | 300 | 408 | 100 | 1991 |