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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 1879

[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 HEALTH.TABLE OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK—( Continued.)

ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.

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

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Brought forward133290304169896
Houses repaired and made safe....8..8
„ whitewashed and cleansed throughout32128
„ furnished with a full supply of water1..20122
Kitchen, front, walls and ceilings lime-whited51410231
,, back ,, ,,15312268
„ front, floors of, repaired....2..2
,, hack ,, ,,....2..2
„ front ,, washed....1..1
„ „ ventilation of, improved....1..1
„ ,, occupied contrary to law, cleared of occupants....112
„ hack, dirty, cleared of occupants....1..1
„ „ deodorised....2..2
Lead flats or gutters repaired....2..2
,, ,, cleansed742215
Mattrasses disinfected with Fraser's chamber21173636110
,, removed and destroyed12..811
*Meat unfit for human food destroyed, in lots of..1....1
Miscellaneous articles disinftd. with Fraser's chamberpots of1710201360
Passages, main, or entrance walls and ceilings whitewashed14714466
,, „ „ paint work of, washed94417
,, ,, ,, floors ,,82726151266
„ basement, walls and ceilings, whitewashed55910276
„ „ floors of, repaired..1....1
Pillows disinfected with Fraser's chamber835210187323
Rags, foul, removed..1....1
Rain water pipes, new ones furnished122..5
,, ,, repaired..3115
„ ,, properly connected with drains..1....1
„ „ traps furnished to12216
„ ,, unstopped and cleansed....2..2
Rooms, walls and ceilings, whitewashed11233835110
,, disinfected with sulphur2210231873
„ paint work of, washed124101844
„ floors „12106533
„ dirty and overcrowded, cleared of occupants1....12
Carried forward4236896994632274