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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 549 | 1298 | 1129 | 857 | 3t33 |
| Rooms, floors of cleansed and repaired | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Roofs, repaired | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Rooms, ventilation improved | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Service pipes, new ones furnished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, ,, repaired | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sink stones, traps furnished to | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| ,, ,, waste pipes disconnected from drain | 4 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 41 |
| ,, ,, ,,repaired | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ,, ,, new pipes and traps furnished to | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ,, ,, unstopped and cleansed | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Staircases, whitewashed and cleansed | 4 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| ,, steps of, cleansed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| „ ,, repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stables, cleansed and whitewashed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ,, paving of, cleansed and repaired | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smoke, nuisance from, abated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Urinals (private) whitewashed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, cleansed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, furnished with water supply | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| ,, abolished | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| „ Vaults, whitewashed | 1 | 0 | 0 | o | 1 |
| Water closets, cleansed generally | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 31 |
| ,, ,, furnished with water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, ,, ,, „ new apparatus | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| ,, ,, apparatus repaired | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| ,, ,, new pans furnished to | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| ,, „ pans cleansed | 2 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| ,, ,, seats and raisers, furnished to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ water supply reinstated | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| „ ,, repaired generally | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| ,, ,, abolished | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ,, „ soil pipes, new, furnished to | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| >i ii .. ,, ventilated | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| „ ,, reconstructed | 3 | 10 6 | 15 | 21 | 49 |
| „ ,, new erected | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| ,, ,, light and ventilation improved | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| „ „ soil pipes unstopped and repaired | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| „ „ traps furnished to | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| „ „ unstopped | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Yards, whitewashed | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| „ paving of, cleansed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| „ repaired | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| „ new traps to drain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water stopped from running as a nuisance | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Wearing apparel disinfected | 139 | 535 | 302 | 250 | 1226 |
| Wash-houses, whitewashed and cleansed | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Workshops „ „ | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| „ overcrowding abated | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| „ ventilation improved | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Water, separate supply for drinking purposes provided | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 762 | 1967 | 1533 | 1216 | 5478 |
WILLIAM HILL WATSON, Chief Sanitary Inspector.