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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1876

[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 forward62171187158578
Drains, reconstructed with 9 inch pipes..3126
„ „ 6 „344314
„ „ 4 „11..13
„ unstopped and cleansed226212
„ „ and repaired21..25
„ repaired125614
„ old brick abolished..1..23
„ syphons furnished to32....5
„ dip traps „23....5
„ „ repaired......22
„ „ abolished..1....1
„ traps furnished to327719
„ „ abolished..1....1
„ deodorised Drainage matter stopped from entering premises41 115 25 ..25 3
„ removed11....2
„ deodorised11..13
Dust bins cleansed93805439266
„ new ones furnished12..36
„ tops and covers furnished to12..25
„ repaired631414'
„ deodorised..1..12
Dwellings, dirty ones, cleared of occupants..2..13
Fish refuse removed....1..1
Foul matter removed372517
„ „ deodorised ..1..34
„ effluvia stopped1..4..5
Furniture, articles of, disinfected and washed, in lots of..351220
Gas, nuisance from, stopped..11..2
Gullies, private, new ones furnishedl....34
„ repaired2..1..3
,, cleansed33..39
Houses whitewashed and painted throughout ...1416
„ ,, cleansed ,, »«..1....1
„ furnished with a full supply of water..1..12
Kitchens, front, walls and ceilings whitewashed11111225
„ back ,, ,,12821858
„ front, paint work of, washed ....2..2
Carried forward ,.1983453342791156