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St James's 1883

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

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Table: PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.SUMMARY OF WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1888.

PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.

APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.

SUMMARY OF WORK BY SANITARY INSPECTOR DURING THE YEAR 1888.

NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole year.
Number of Nuisances removed59092511497193,383
„ complaints30267568
„ notices served38645333188
„ „ attended38544633171
„ small-pox cases visited. . .1......1
„ scarlet fever cases visited24132342
„ typhoid fever cases visited33......6
„ enteric fever case visited.........11
„ diphtheria case visited...1...1
„ beds disinfected68283375
„ bedclothing disinfected4037125148350
„ miscellaneous articles disinfected28141129104402
,, wearing apparel disinfected6136127141390
„ mattresses1242465105
„ pillows717471788
„ rooms48182355
„ articles obtained for analysis2113122066
„ corpses received into mortuary13139540
„ underground rooms reported to district surveyor11125

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EDWIN BROOKS, Sanitary Inspector.
Vestry Hall, Piccadilly.