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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St James's 1888

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

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Table: TABLE IV.—SUMMARY OF WORK BY INSPECTORS OF NUISANCES DURING THE YEAR 1888. Continued.

TABLE IV.—SUMMARY OF WORK BY INSPECTORS OF NUISANCES DURING THE YEAR 1888. Continued.

nuisances behoved ob abated.First Quarter.Second QuarterThird Quarter.Fourth Quarter.For the whole year
Number of Nuisances abated1366103310495704018
,, complaints received45827170268
,, notices served101154117125497
„ smallpox cases visited11......2
,, scarlet fever ,, ,,222114259
,, typhoid ,, ,, „61...411
,, diphtheria ,, ,,1...1...2
,, beds disinfected5533306124
,, bedclothes disinfected17115512022468
„ mattresses ,,321921779
,, pillows „131656212270
,, wearing apparel disinfected44625716250915
,, miscellaneous articles disinfected21415413030528
,, carpets disinfected432520290
rooms ,,272119471
,, articles obtained for analysis618...3155
,, bodies received into Mortuary10961035