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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.
Particulars of Drains reconstructed, cleansed, &c ,
during the Year 1875.
2, Angel Court, Great Windmill Street. Main and
branch drains unstopped, cleansed, and repaired. February
18th.
3, Angel Court, Great Windmill Street. Branch drain
unstopped, cleansed, and repaired. April 12th.
4, Archer Street. Branch drain in yard unstopped and
cleansed. February 26th.
5, Archer Street. Branch drain in yard repaired.
January 25th.
0, Archer Street. Branch drain in yard unstopped an
cleansed. November 19th.
11, Bentinck Street. Main drain unstopped and
cleansed. July 9th.
12, Bentinck Street. Main drain unstopped and
cleansed. February 4th.
36, Berwick Street. Main and branch drains, from
drop into sewer to back wall of basement, taken up and
relaid. October 28th.

Table: SUMMARY OF WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1875.

SUMMARY OF WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1875.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Number of nuisances removed12972116 162523407387
„ complaints made39405034175
„ notices served53927450209
„ ,, attended to43747971207
„ scarlet fever cases visited2135534104
„ typhoid „ „372315
typhus1......1
„ fever „..5....5
„ chicken pox „....1..1
„ measles „ ,,....101323
„ diptheria „ „..11..2
„ diarrhœa ,, „1..1..2
,, articles of bed clothing disinfected158118340149765
„ „ „ washed..26....26
„ „ ,, destroyed......33
„ „ furniture disinfected6456157100377
„ „ miscellaneous disinfected46151402366965
„ wearing apparel disinfected40153285358836
„ visits made to bakehouses......6565
„ „ slaughter-houses....31316
„ ,, rag and bone shops......1313
,, „ tripe dressers and cook shops......1010
„ urinals and places used as such deodorised
frequently969630
,, gullies, public, deodorised frequently335303098