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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: TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK -( Continued.)

TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK -( Continued.)

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward236270209261976
Kitchens, front, walls and ceilings whitewashed2149328
„ back „ „54315669
„ „ floors of, repaired1......1
„ front, paint work of, washed1......1
„ „ floors of „3..227
„ „ occupied contrary to law, cleared of occupts.....2..2
„ back „..11..2
„ „ overcrowded „1......1
„ front, dirty ones „....1..1
Lead flats and gutters cleansed332..8
„ „ deodorised1......1
Mattrasses, disinfected with Fraser's chamber1919104694
„ „ sulphur......11
„ removed and destroyed422..8
Miscellaneous articles disinftd.with Fraser's chamber, lots of131062453
„ „ sulphur......55
Passages, main, or entrance, walls and ceilings, whitewashed..7022199
„ „ paint work of, washed..224..26
„ „ floors, new ones furnished....15960
„ „ „ repaired....2..2
„ „ „ washed13011064..310
„ „ „ deodorised....6..6
„ basement, walls and ceilings of, whitewashed14021683
„ „ floors of, repaired....1..1
„ „ „ deodorised....6..6
Pillows disinfected with Fraser's chamber714836112267
„ „ sulphur......1515
Rain water pipes repaired13239
„ „ unstopped and cleansed12115
„ „ disconnected from drains22....4
„ „ connections with drains made good1......1
„ „ dip traps furnished to..1....1
„ „ traps „..4....4
Rags, foul, removed......22
Rooms, walls and ceilings, whitewashed25453811119
„ disinfected with sulphur1910103574
„ paint work of, washed8471 _20
Carried forward5637351805942372