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St James's 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
TABLE III.—INSPECTORS' WORK
DURING THE YEAR 1885.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals, Nuisance from, abated | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
| Areas, Nuisance from, abated | 13 | 31 | 26 | 13 | 83 |
| „ paving of cleansed | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| „ „ repaired | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Basements, limewhited | 11 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 50 |
| „ floors repaired and clcansed | 4 | 6 | .. | .. | 10 |
| Bods disinfected | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 51 |
| Bedclothes disinfected | 158 | 90 | 52 | 33 | 333 |
| Cisterns clcansed | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| ,, now ones furnished | 5 | 4 | 3 | .. | 12 |
| ,, covers furnished to | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
| ,, apparatus and warning pipe | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Drains reconstructed with glazed pipes | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| „ unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | |
| „ traps furnished to | 23 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 71 |
| Dustbins cleansed | 210 | 146 | 139 | 161 | 656 |
| ,, new ones furnished | 7 | 9 | 2 | .. | 18 |
| „ repaired with doors and covering | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| Foul rubbish removed | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 39 |
| Gutters, new ones furnished | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| ,, cleansed and repaired | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Houses furnished with a water supply | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Kitchens, limewhited | 20 | 19 | 30 | 15 | 84 |
| „ occupied contrary to law, cleared | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Lead flats and roofs cleansed and repaired | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Mattresses disinfected | 33 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 76 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 146 | 118 | 29 | 71 | 364 |
| Pillows, disinfected | 61 | 50 | 28 | 20 | 159 |
| Passages, entrance whitewashed and cleansed | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 45 |
| ,, ,, floors of washed | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| repaired | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Rain water pipes new ones furnis | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 5 |
| fl „ unstopped, cleansed, and repaired . | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| „ diwonnrcted from drains | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Rooms, whitewashed and cleansed | 29 | 93 | 40 | 12 | 174 |
| ,, disinfected with Sulphur | 19 | 16 | 7 | 47 | |
| ,, roofs repaire | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 6 |
| „ overcrowding abated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 823 | 770 | 476 | 4???9 | 2478 |
EDWIN BROOKS
AND
WILLIAM HILL WATSON,
Inspectors of Nuisances