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St James's 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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BT. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
Table IV.—SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK—(Continued.)
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought forward | 252 | 436 | 263 | 199 | 1150 |
| Kitchens, front, occupied contrary to law, cleared of occupants | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 3 |
| Lead flats or gutters repaired | .. | .. | 1 | . . | 1 |
| „ „ cleansed | . . | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Lumber, foul, removed | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| Mattrassess disinfected with Fraser's chamber | 48 | 42 | 25 | 17 | 132 |
| „ sulphur | . . | 4 | . . | .. | 4 |
| ,, foul, removed and destroyed . | 1 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 31 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinftd.with Fraser's chamber, lots of | 7 | 29 | 16 | 12 | 64 |
| „ „ „ sulphur „ | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 |
| Passages, main or entrance, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 3 | 40 | 50 | 14 | 122 |
| „ „ „ paint work of, washed | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
| „ „ „ floors „ | 185 | 152 | 137 | 142 | 616 |
| ,, basement walls and ceilings whitewashed | 1 | 26 | 38 | 10 | 78 |
| „ „ paint work of, washed | 1 | . . | 4 | . . | 5 |
| „ „ floors „ „ | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| Pillows disinfected with Fraser's chamber | 151 | 104 | 55 | 56 | 366 |
| „ „ sulphur | . . | 3 | . . | .. | 3 |
| „ w ashed | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| Rain water pipes, new ones furnished | . . | 2 | . . | 1 | 3 |
| „ „ repaired | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| „ „ disconnected from drains | .. | . . | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| „ „ connections with drains made good | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 |
| „ „ traps furnished to | . . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| „ „ unstopped and cleansed | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Rooms, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed | 30 | 62 | 54 | 24 | 170 |
| „ disinfected with sulphur | 24 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 92 |
| „ „ fluids and washed | 24 | . . | 3 | 5 | 32 |
| „ paint work of, washed | 16 | 28 | 16 | 5 | 65 |
| „ floors, new ones furnished | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| „ „washed | . . | .. | . . | . . | 33 |
| Rubbish, foul, removed | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| Service pipes repaired | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 2 |
| Sheds „ | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 |
| Shops, walls and ceilings, lime whited | 2 | 2 | 1 | . . | 5 |
| Sink stone pipes unstopped and cleanscd | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| „ „ connected with drains | . . | . . | 2 | l | 3 |
| Carried forward | 762 | 1051 | 733 | 535 | 3081 |