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St James's 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE OF INSPECTORS' WORK—
| nuisances removed or abated. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 823 | 770 | 476 | 409 | 2478 |
| Shops, -whitewashed and cleansed | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
| Service pipes, new ones furnished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| ,, ,, repaired | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Sinkstones, traps furnished to | 1 | 2 | . . | .. | 3 |
| „ waste pipes disconnected from drains | 4 | .. | . . | .. | 4 |
| „ furnished with new pipes and syphon | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Stairs, main walls and ceilings whitewashed | 3 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 68 |
| „ 3teps of, washed | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 9 |
| ,, „ repaired | 3 | . . | .. | .. | 3 |
| Urinals, private ones, limewhited | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 |
| ,, „ furnished with water supply | 3 | .. | . . | 2 | 5 |
| ,, ,, apparatus repaired | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 |
| Vaults, limewhited | 13 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| Wash-house, limewhited | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 |
| Water-closet, limewhited | 13 | 34 | 26 | 18 | 91 |
| „ furnished with a water supply | 22 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 75 |
| „ „ with a new apparatus | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| ,, apparatus repaired | 18 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 61 |
| ,, new pans furnished to | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| „ pans unstopped and cleansed | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 58 |
| „ traps, new ones furnished to | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 8 |
| „ seats, raisers and floors furnished to | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| „ „ „ repaired | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 |
| ,, abolished | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
| „ repaired generally | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 7 |
| „ soil pipes, new ones furnished to | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |
| ,, ,, repaired and ventilated | 6 | 8 | 1 | 19 | |
| „ reconstructed | .. | 12 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| „ light and ventilation improved in | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| Water stopped from running as a nuisance | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
| Wearing apparel disinfected | 88 | 136 | 30 | 108 | 362 |
| Yard, walls of, limewhited | 5 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 48 |
| „ paving of, cleansed | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| „ „ repaired | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| Total | 1072 | 1109 | 666 | 641 | 3488 |
| STABLES. Manure, removed in lots of | 35 | 22 | 38 | 13 | 108 |
| Stables whitewashed | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 8 |
| Total | 35 | 22 | 46 | 13 | 106 |
vestry Hall, Pr???adilly.
EDWIN BROOKS and
WILLIAM HILL WATSON
Inspectors of
Nuirsences.