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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT,
1876.
Annual Report on the Health of the Parish of St. Martin-in-theFields,
for the Tear 187(3.
To the Vestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting to you my
Seventh Annual Report on the health and sanitary
condition of the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
In the latter part of this year an epidemic of Smallpox
again visited us. The last appearance of this
disease as an epidemic in the Metropolis was in the
years 1870 and 1871. This complaint appears regularly
amongst us after an interval of a few years, and is due,
no doubt, to the neglect of vaccination and re-vaccination.
In the absence of the prevalence of Smallpox
the public neglect to guard themselves by the prophylactic
properties of vaccination against the terrible
scourge of Smallpox.
In all cases of this disease coming under my notice
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| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 18,028 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Repairs to gas fittings, and supply of gas | 4 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Sundries | 13 | 5 | ||||
| Repairs to pumps | 23 | 19 | 4 | |||
| Writing names of streets | 0 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Whitewashing courts | 12 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 36 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Postage and sundries by Surveyor | 2 | 18 | 11 | |||
| 69 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| „ Vestry Keeper and Messenger, ditto | 46 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 116 | ; 2 | 8 | ||||
| Carried to Summary | £18,188 | i 18 | 8 | |||