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St James's 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE III.—SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WORK
DURING THE YEAR 1882.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals, nuisance from abated | |||||
| Areas, front, limewhited | 4 | 63 | 22 | 14 | 103 |
| ,, back, „ | 3 | 45 | 17 | 12 | 77 |
| ,, front, paving of, cleansed | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| „ repaired | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| „ back, cleansed | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| „ „ deodorised | |||||
| „ repaired | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
| Basements, walls and ceilings whitewashed | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| Beds disinfected in Fraser's chamber, in lots of | 20 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 42 |
| „ with sulphur | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| Bedclothes disinfected in Fraser's chamber, in lots of | 75 | 39 | 23 | 38 | 175 |
| „ with fluid and washed | ... | 12 | 12 | ||
| Butts or cisterns cleansed | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| „ new ones furnished | ... | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| repaired | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 4 |
| covers furnished to | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| apparatus repaired | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| furnished with warming pipes | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | |
| Cesspools cleansed out and filled up | |||||
| Corpses removed, by order | 4 | 9 | 11 | 24 | |
| Courts limewhited | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Dilapidations, interior, made good | . .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Drains of 9-inch pipes, new ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 |
| „ 6 „ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| „ unstopped and cleansed | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
| „ repaired | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| „ traps furnished to | 1 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 29 |
| Drainage matter removed | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dustbins cleansed | 37 | 61 | 30 | 22 | 150 |
| „ new ones furnished | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| „ repaired | ... | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| „ doors furnished to | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| ,, covers furnished to | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Fouled matter deodorised and removed... | . . . | 1 | . . . | ... | 1 |
| Furniture disinfected and washed | 10 | ... | 10 | ||
| Gullies, private, new... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| „ repaired | . . . | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 |
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