diff --git a/src/facilities/incubator/incubatorInteract.js b/src/facilities/incubator/incubatorInteract.js
index deaea3a58b6d211de4038f165444daea6c343cb8..78b67ef0fe7a262c0eefec986660c330b83daf88 100644
--- a/src/facilities/incubator/incubatorInteract.js
+++ b/src/facilities/incubator/incubatorInteract.js
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ App.UI.incubator = function() {
 
 			V.sortIncubatorList = V.sortIncubatorList || 'Unsorted';
 
-			linkArray = [];
 			const sortingOptions = new Map([
 				["Name", sortByName],
 				["Reserved Incubator Spots", sortByReservedSpots],
@@ -1118,7 +1117,7 @@ App.UI.incubator = function() {
 		let cost;
 		let p;
 		let r = [];
-		let row = document.createElement("div");
+		let row;
 		let linkArray;
 		r.push("Target age for release:");
 		r.push(
@@ -1460,7 +1459,6 @@ App.UI.incubator = function() {
 		p.append(row);
 		el.append(p);
 
-		p = document.createElement("p");
 		row = document.createElement("div");
 
 		if (V.incubatorUpgradeOrgans === 1) {
diff --git a/src/interaction/siWork.js b/src/interaction/siWork.js
index bbb807339aeabe3da5bc2bb9d6696368473db564..b8d27ef2b06f24fd32ae1dc2dd1ea7bf9429a0dd 100644
--- a/src/interaction/siWork.js
+++ b/src/interaction/siWork.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ App.UI.SlaveInteract.work = function(slave) {
 	}
 	el.append(p);
 
-	p = document.createElement('p');
 	span = document.createElement('span');
 	span.className = "note";
 	switch (slave.assignment) {
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ App.UI.SlaveInteract.work = function(slave) {
 		}
 		if (slave.assignment === Job.SUBORDINATE) {
 			const target = getSlave(slave.subTarget);
-			let linkText = ``;
+			let linkText;
 			if (target) {
 				title.appendChild(document.createTextNode(`Serving ${target.slaveName} exclusively. `));
 				linkText = `Change`;
diff --git a/src/js/birth/birth.js b/src/js/birth/birth.js
index 06cec7223e850f3103e41db7f9c0851a75503b2e..d84abe9523a26c96357b0de1fb8f37eb04149278 100644
--- a/src/js/birth/birth.js
+++ b/src/js/birth/birth.js
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ globalThis.birth = function(slave, {birthStorm = false, cSection = false} = {})
 				r.push(
 					App.UI.DOM.makeElement("span", `disappointed`, "mediumorchid")
 				);
-				(`that you would forbid ${him} from such a pleasure, but`);
+				r.push(`that you would forbid ${him} from such a pleasure, but`);
 				r.push(
 					App.UI.DOM.makeElement("span", `understands`, "mediumaquamarine")
 				);