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St James's 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1876,
made to the
VESTRY OF ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER,
by
JAMES EDMUNDS, M.D., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., F.C.S., &c.
medical officer of health and Puic analyst for st. james's, westminster
GENERAL WORKS—
| Situation. | Description of Work. | Amount Expended. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 4645 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| PUBLIC URINALS. | |||||||
| Wells Street | Repairs to Urinal, Lamp, and Roof, &c. | 4 | 6 | 5 | |||
| Blenheim Street . | Ditto ditto ditto | 5 | 7 | 3 | |||
| Vine Street. | Ditto ditto ditto | 24 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 11 |
| The bulk of the above expenditure has been caused or rendered necessary by deliberate mischief. | |||||||
| Cost of water for the above, and the other Urinals in the Parish amounts to | 64 | 12 | 1 | ||||
| STAND PIPES AND HOSE. | |||||||
| Generally | Amount expended upon maintaining Stand Pipes, and Repairing Hose, &c. | 44 | 6 | 6 | |||
| NEW LAMPS, &c. | |||||||
| Piccadillv Circus. | 12 Boulevard Lamps supplied to Depot | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Regent Street | One New Lamp fixed | 8 | 5 | 9 | |||
| Repairs to Boulevard Lamps | 10 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 9 | |
| The Lamps at Refuges and Urinals are included in cost of same. | |||||||
| PUBLIC MORTUARY. | |||||||
| Cost of Altering or Converting existing Buildings into Mortuary and Exami-nation Room, Building New Office and Convenience | 335 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| VESTRY HALL. | |||||||
| Amount expended upon various Repairs, and necessary maintenance of Yestry Hall | 80 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 5240 | 4 | 11 | ||||