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St James's 1889
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER.
TABLE III.—ABSTRACT OF WORKS DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR, 1889.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter, | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter, | For the whole year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 394 | 344 | 863 | 738 | 2339 |
| Roofs repaired | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Shops whitewashed and cleansed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Service pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| ,, ,, repaired | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sink stones, traps furnished to | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 |
| ,, ,, waste pipes disconnected from | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| ,, ,, new pipes and traps furnished | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Staircases limewhited and cleansed | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| ,, steps of cleansed | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| ,, ,, repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Urinals (private) limewhited | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, ,, cleansed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| ,, ,, furnished with water supply. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaults, limewhited | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Water.closets limewhited | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| ,, furnished with water supply | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
| ,, ,, with new apparatus | 13 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 30 |
| ,, apparatus repaired | 4 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| ,, new pans furnished to | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| ,, seats, raisers, &c., furnished to | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| ,, repaired generally | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| ,, abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, soil pipes new, furnished to | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ,, ,, ventilated | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| ,, new constructed | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| ,, light and ventilation improved in | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| ,, cleansed generally | 11 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 31 |
| ,, soil pipes unstopped and repaired | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| ,, traps furnished to | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Yards, limewhited | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| ,, paving of, cleansed | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| „ ,, repaired | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| ,, new traps to gullies in | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Water stopped from running as a nuisance | 15 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
| Wearing apparel disinfected | 26 | 152 | 573 | 501 | 1252 |
| Wash.houses lime.whited, cleansed, &c. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Workshops, „ ,, | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total. | 504 | 560 | 1507 | 1321 | 3892 |
WILLIAM HILL WATSON, Chief Inspector of Nuisances.