London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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St James's 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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SUMMARY OF WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1879-80.

First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole Year.
Number of Nuisances removed708131412938984213
„ complaints made22404425131
„ notices served43915447235
„ „ attended to46478032205
„ small pox cases visited131..5
„ scarlet fever cases visited1511151051
„ typhoid „919423
„ diphtheria „..3115
„ articles of bed clothing, disinfected145124130113512
„ „ „ washed....502272
„ furniture disinfected and washed22....1234
„ Miscellaneous, disinfected2433603102131126
„ wearing apparel „3553512281531087
„ „ and washed....15442196
„ Visits made to bakehouses „......8383
„ „ slaughter houses......66
„ Samples of Milk obtained for analysis64813..67
Number of corpses received into Mortuary2116111664