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 Works performed during the Year
1885.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 6
Dust-bins provided or repaired 26
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closets 41
Drains repaired and cleansed 16
Closets repaired 5
Drains trapped 9
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 49
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 35
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 3
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 94
Underground dwellings discontinued 2
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 66
Overcrowding abated 6
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 10
Water supply provided 1
Bakehouses lime-whited 3
Miscellaneous 6
Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | Total. | |
Admiralty | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Blue Cross Street | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Bull Inn Court | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 | |
Carlton Stables | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
Castle Street, Leicester Square | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Castle Street, Long Acre | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 |
Charing Cross Hospital | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 4 | l | *9 |
Crown Court | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Drury Lane | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | l | 2 |
Exchange Court | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
George Court | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
Peabody Buildings | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 4 |
Russell Court | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
St. Martin's Lane | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
St. Martin's Street | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
White Hart Street | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 |
- | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | |
* Of these 9 deaths which occurred in the Charing Cross Hospital 6 were those of non-parishioners. |