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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of Piccadilly, to and passing south along the several party-walls
of the houses forming the north-west division of the Regent
(Piccadilly) Circus to the middle of Piccadilly, there turning
north-east across the said Regent Circus to and along the north
party-wall of No. 42, Regent Circus, to and along the backs of
the several tenements and premises forming the north side of
Piccadilly to the middle of Tichborne Street, and thence
along the middle of Tichborne Street to the angle of the
parish boundary at the intersection of Coventry Street and the
Haymarket.
Ward No. 4 (Golden Square)—
All parts of the said Parish of Saint James, Westminster, not
included in the Wards hereinbefore particularly described.
ST. JAMES'S CHAPEL AND BURIAL GROUND.
As stated in the Report for last year, the Chapel and
Burial Ground in the Hampstead Road, formerly belonging
to the Parish, have been sold, and the Trust merely exists
now for the purpose of applying the surplus funds as directed
by the Acts of Parliament relating thereto.
The sanction of the High Court of Justice (Chancery
Division), has been obtained to the erection of a block of
dwellings for the labouring poor with the unapplied balance
of the purchase money received from the London and North
Western Railway Company for the Burial Ground, and some
particulars of the scheme are given on page 64.
PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.
This establishment has undergone extensive repairs during
the year, and the extra expense entailed thereby necessitated
the payment of £1000 from the poor rate for the purpose.
It may be mentioned that the repairs now under notice
represent the only thorough overhauling of the establishment
since its enlargement in l861, and the first renewal of some