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St James's 1891
[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, 1891.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals. Nuisance from, abated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Areas, whitewashed and cleansed | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| „ paving of, cleansed | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| „ „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Basements, whitewashed and cleansed | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 23 |
| „ floors, repaired and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ lighted and ventilated | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Beds, disinfected | 17 | 58 | 17 | 28 | 120 |
| Bedclothes, disinfected | 62 | 132 | 66 | 206 | 466 |
| Carpets, disinfected | 34 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 65 |
| Cisterns, cleansed | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| „ new ones provided | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| „ covers furnished to | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| „ apparatus and warming pipe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ repaired generally | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Drains, reconstructed with glazed pipes and ventilated | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| „ unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| „ traps furnished to | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Dustbins repaired | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| „ new ones provided | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| Foul matter removed | 11 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 56 |
| Gutters, cleansed and repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Houses furnished with water supply | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ water supply reinstated | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Kitchens whitewashed | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
| „ underground, cleared of occupants | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Lead flats, roofs cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattresses disinfected | 13 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 60 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 68 | 150 | 67 | 123 | 408 |
| Pillows disinfected | 33 | 135 | 40 | 68 | 276 |
| Passages whitewashed and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| „ floors of, repaired and cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rain water pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ „ unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| „ „ „ disconnected from drain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Rooms, whitewashed and cleansed | 8 | 42 | 75 | 33 | 158 |
| „ disinfected | 12 | 33 | 25 | 34 | 104 |
| „ overcrowded abated | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| „ floors of, repaired and cleansed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carried forward | 286 | 627 | 396 | 564 | 1873 |
WILLIAM HILL WATSON, Chief Sanitary Inspector.