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St James's 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE III.—ABSTRACT OF WORKS DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR, 1888.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals, Nuisance from, abated | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Areas, limewhited | 4 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 44 |
| ,, paving of, cleansed | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| ,, ,, repaired | 2 | — | — | 3 | 5 |
| Basements, limewhited | 7 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 63 |
| ,, floors, repaired and cleansed | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 |
| ,, lighted and ventilated | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Beds, disinfected | 55 | 33 | 30 | 6 | 124 |
| Bedclothes, disinfected | 171 | 155 | 120 | 22 | 468 |
| Carpets, disinfected | 48 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 90 |
| Cisterns, cleansed | 4 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| ,, new ones furnished | 6 | — | 9 | 5 | 20 |
| ,, covers furnished to | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| ,, apparatus and warning pipe | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Drains, reconstructed with glazed pipes and ventilated | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 19 |
| ,, unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 6 | 10 | 16 | 18 | 50 |
| „ traps furnished to | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| Dustbins repaired | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| ,, new ones furnished | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| Foul matter removed | 17 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 119 |
| Gutters, cleansed and repaired | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| ,, new ones furnished | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Houses furnished with water supply | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| kitchens, limewhited | 7 | 5 | 17 | 11 | 40 |
| ,, underground, cleared of occupants | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 6 |
| ???ead flats and roofs, cleansed | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| ,, ,, ,, repaired | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mattresses disinfected | 32 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 79 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 214 | 154 | 130 | 30 | 528 |
| Pillows disinfected | 131 | 65 | 62 | 12 | 270 |
| Passages, entrance whitewashed and cleansed | 8 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 49 |
| ,, basement ,, ,, | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| ,, floors of repaired and cleansed | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| lain Water Pipes, new ones furnished | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| ,, ,, unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 9 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| looms whitewashed and cleansed | 34 | 63 | 111 | 51 | 259 |
| ,, disinfected with sulphur | 27 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 71 |
| ,, overcrowded abated | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| ,, floor of repaired and cleansed | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| Carried forward \ , | 805 | 666 | 708 | 323 | 2502 |
WILLIAM HILL WATSON, Chief Inspector of Nuisances.