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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: SUMMARY OF WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1878.

SUMMARY OF WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1878.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Number of Nuisances removed926137092010924308
„ complaints made25453826134
„ notices served98824037263
„ „ attended to31867846241
„ cases of small pox visited852419
,, „ scarlet fever3533243
„ „ dipthheria....145
„ „ typhus fever1......1
,, „ typhoid „31..48
„ „ continued fever..2114
„ articles of bed clothing disinfected2178952171529
„ „ ,, „ and washed....3491125
„ „ furniture48..4331122
„ ,, miscellaneous ,,2381321824611013
„ „ wearing apparel ,,22914393429894
„ „ „ „ and washed......281281
„ visits made to bakehouses......6161
„ „ slaughter houses....2•24
Number of corpses received into Mortuary1415142164

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JAMES H. MORGAN,
Sanitary Inspector.
W. GLASS,
Superintendent of Mortuary.
February 10th, 1879.