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St James's 1876
[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.
ST. JAMES S, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S "WORK—(
| NUISANCES BEHOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quater. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 198 | :345 | 334 | 279 | 1156 |
| Kitchens, front, floors of, repaired | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| ,i back ,, ,, | 2 | 2 | |||
| „ front „ washed | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| fi hack it ,, | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| „ front, unlit for occupation, cleared of occupants | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Lead flats or gutters repaired | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | |
| „ „ cloansed | .. | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Lumber, foul, removed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Mattrasses, disinfected with Fraser's chamber | 20 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 94 |
| „ „ sulphur | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| „ foul, removed and destroyed | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinftd. with Fruser's chamber,lots of | 10 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 62 |
| „ „ sulphur „ | .. | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| Passages, main, or entrance, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 3 | 52 | 41 | 9 | 105 |
| „ ,, „ paint work of, washed | 2 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 56 |
| „ „ floors „ | 114 | 175 | 95 | 109 | 583 |
| „ basement, walls and ceiling, whitewashed | 2 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 72 |
| „ „ paint work of, washed | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Pillows disinfected with Fraser's chamber | 36 | 25 | 70 | 110 | 247 |
| „ „ sulphur | 12 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 58 |
| „ destroyed | .. | 5 | .. | 7 | 12 |
| Rain water pipes, now ones furnished | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| „ „ repaired | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| „ „ disconnected from drains | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 |
| „ „ connections with drnins made good | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ „ traps furnished to | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| „ „ unstopped and cleansed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Rooms, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed | 17 | 18 | 46 | 50 | 131 |
| „ disinfected with sulphur | 21 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 99 |
| „ „ fluid | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
| „ paint work of, washed | 9 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 54 |
| „ floors of, repaired | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 2 |
| „ „ ashed | .. | 12 | 12 | 43 | 67 |
| Rubbish, foul, removed | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| Service pipes repaired | 4 | 4 | .. | 2 | 10 |
| Shops, walls and ceilings of. whitewashed | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | i |
| „ floors of, deodorised and washed | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | 8 |
| Carried forward | 518 | 708 | 814 | 820 | 2924 |