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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 1877

[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 IIEALTII.Table IV.—SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK-(Continued.)

ST. JAMES S, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF IIEALTII.

Table IV.—SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK-(Continued.)

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward936141011887534287
Waterclosets, old ones abolished. .1. ...1
„ repaired generally313..7
„ cleansod100274085252
„ deodorised13040576
Water stopped from entering premises29..15
Wearing apparel disinfected with Fraser's chamber, lots of1310161260
„ „ „ sulphur „. .1. .. .1
„ „ „ fluids and washed „29. .617
Windows, top sashes made to open4. .. .. .4
Workshops, walls and ceilings liine whited......11
Yards, walls of, lime whited1385628168
„ paving of, repaired11226
„ „ cleansed87174888240
„ ,, deodorised121)30075
BAKEHOUSES.
Walls and ceilings of, lime whited......1010
„ „ store rooms, lime whited......77
„ „ basement stairs „......22
„ .. .. passages „......33
„ „ bed rooms „......22
„ kitchens „......11
Walls of yards, lime whited......11
„ Water closets, lime whited......22
„ vaults......22
SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
Walls and ceilings of, lime whited. .. .2. .2
Total1163103214400075232