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St James's 1893
[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.
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
TABLE III—ABSTRACT OF WORKS DONE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR, 1893.
| NUISANCES REMOVED OR ABATED. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | For the whole Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals, Nuisance from, abater | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Areas, whitewashed and cleansed | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| ,, paving of repaired | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| Basements, whitewashed and cleansed | 0 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| ,, floors, repaired and cleansed | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| ,, lighted and ventilated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baths, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beds, disinfected | 28 | 79 | 60 | 48 | 215 |
| Bedclothes, disinfected | 185 | 436 | 403 | 354 | 1378 |
| Bell traps, removed | 7 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 49 |
| Car|pets, disinfected | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 |
| Cisterns cleansed | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| ,, new ones provided | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| „ covers furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| „ repaired generally | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| ,, apparatus repaired | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cesspools abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drains, reconstructed with glazed pipes and ventilated | 7 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 38 |
| „ unstopped | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| „ repaired | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| ,, traps furnished to | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1, earthenware gully traps furnished to | 5 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 49 |
| Dustbins, repaired | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| „ new ones provided | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
| Foul matter removed | 11 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 47 |
| Food, unsound seized and condemned | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gutters, cleansed and repaired | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| ,, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houses, furnished with water supply | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| water supply reinstated | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| „ closed unfit for human habitation | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ,, ventilation improved | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kitchens, whitewashed | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| ,, underground cleared of occupant | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| Lead flats, roofs cleaned | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ retired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattresses disinfected | 19 | 37 | 33 | 15 | 105 |
| Manure removed | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Miscellaneous articles disinfected | 107 | 219 | 209 | 139 | 674 |
| Passages whitewashed and cleansed | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| „ floors of repaired and cleansed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pillows, disinfected | 69 | 214 | 147 | 124 | 654 |
| Rain water pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| „ „ unstopped, cleansed and repaired | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| „ ,, disconnected from drain | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 |
| Rooms whitewashed and cleanaed | 24 | 84 | 92 | 23 | 223 |
| „ disinfected | 28 | 83 | 62 | 64 | 227 |
| „ overcrowded abated | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Carried forward | 549 | 1298 | 11 | 861 | 3833 |
WILLIAM HILL WATSON,
Chief Sanitary Inspector.