Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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Gas is supplied to the whole Parish by the Gas Light and Coke
Company (Chief Office, Horseferry Road).
Water is supplied by four companies, the approximate
boundaries of their respective districts being as follows:—
1. Chelsea Water Works Company (Chief Office, 35, Commercial
Road, Pimlico). So much of the Parish as lies to the south
of the centre of Pall Mall and Cleveland Row.
2. New River Water Company (Chief Office, Clerkenwell,
E.C.). So much of the Parish as lies to the west of a line running
at the back of the east side of Poland Street, Cambridge Street,
Little Windmill Street, Great Windmill Street, and along the
centre of the Haymarket.
3. Grand Junction Water Works Company (Chief Office,
f>5, South Molton Street). So much of the Parish as lies to the
east of the district supplied by the New River Water Company and
north of the centre of Pall Mall.
4. West Middlesex Water Works Company (Chief Office,
19, Marylebone Road). So much of Oxford Street as is situate
within the Parish.
The Coroner is Mr. Charles St. Clare Bedford, whose jurisdiction
extends throughout the City and Liberties of Westminster.
For the Registration of Births and Deaths, the Parish is
divided into two districts, knoAvn respectively as the Golden Square
and Berwick Street sub-districts, the boundary line running along
the centre of the following thoroughfares—Poland Street,
Cambridge Street, Little Windmill Street, Brewer Street, Glasshouse
Street, Vigo Street, and Burlington Gardens. The Golden
Square Sub-district comprises so much of the Parish as lies to the
west and north of the above-named line, and the Berwick Street
District the remainder of the Parish. Mr. Henry Dolby, of
3, Poland Street, is Registrar for the former, and Mr. Thomas
Matthew Crowe, of 31, Wardour Street, for the latter district. The
Superintendent Registrar is Mr. Joseph Bond, whose office is at
the Workhouse, Poland Street.