Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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Summary of Sanitary Work performed during the Year
1883.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 20
Dust-bins provided or repaired 15
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet 35
Drains repaired and cleansed 14
Closets repaired 9
Drains trapped 20
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 50
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 23
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 16
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 55
Underground dwellings discontinued 6
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 34
Overcrowding abated 2
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 20
Water supply provided 2
Miscellaneous 18
Houses dealt with under Torrens’ Act 10
F
TABLE
Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bedfordbury | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Blue Cross Street | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
Broad Court | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Castle Street, Leicester Square | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
,, ,, Long Acre | ... | ] | ... | ... | ... | .. | ... | 1 |
Cecil Court | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Charing Cross Hospital | ... | ... | 1 | *1 | ... | †2 | *1 | 5 |
Chemister Alley | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
Craven Street | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Crown Court | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Drury Lane | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Duke's Court, Drury Lane | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
Leicester Square | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Long Acre | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
May's Buildings | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Peabody Buildings | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Russell Court | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 |
Russell Street | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
St. Martin's Court | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
St. Martin's Street | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Strand | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | — | ... | 3 |
Strand Buildings | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ••• | ... | 1 |
Turner's Court | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
Vinegar Yard | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
White Hart Court | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
White Hart Street | ... | ... | ... | i | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
Wilcon Street | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
York Place | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
- | 27 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 56 |