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St James's 1878
[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.
TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK— (
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 120 | 174 | 109 | 166 | 569 |
| Drains reconstructed with 6 inch pipes | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| „ „ 4 „ | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ of 4 inch pipes, new ones furnished .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ of 6 „ taken up and relaid | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| „ unstopped and cleansed | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 |
| „ „ and repaired | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| „ repaired | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| „ old brick abolished | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ syphons furnished to | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 |
| „ dip traps „ | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| „ „ repaired | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| „ traps furnished to | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| „ „ repaired | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| „ deodorised | 2 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 62 |
| Drainage matter removed | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| „ stopped from entering premises | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 |
| „ deodorised | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Dust bins cleansed | 29 | 44 | 30 | 4 | 107 |
| „ new ones furnished | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| „ repaired | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| „ covers furnished to | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| „ doors „ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| „ deodorised | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
| Dwellings, unfit for occupation, cleared | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Fat, stale, removed | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Foul matter „ | 15 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 32 |
| „ deodorised | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| „ effluvia stopped | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Fruit, stale, removed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Furniture, articles of, disinfected and washed, in lots of | 3 | .. | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Gas stopped from entering premises | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Gullies, private, new ones furnished | 6 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 |
| „ repaired | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| „ unstopped and cleansed | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Houses whitewashed and painted throughout | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| „ roofs of, repaired | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ dangerous, made safe | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| „ furnished with a full supply of water | .. | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| Carried forward | 236 | 270 | 209 | 261 | 976 |