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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT,
1860.

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£s.d
Brought forward116106
Connecting drains13-3
Repairing gullies726
Cleansing gullies2256
Repairs to gullies and sewer flaps (Mr. Flood)3153
Flapkeepers' wages and boots, &c., attending outlets on)33-6
195146
SUMMARY.
£s.d.
Public urinals86137
District sewers195146
Inspector's wages, one-third chargeable to this rate34134
31715
Credit from Cost of Sewers by Fees received for Connecting Drains, &c.
s.d.
Trafalgar Hotel, Spring Gardens19
65, Princes Street19
66, „19
6719
8, Green Street19-
419, Strand19
31,19-
14, Bear Street19
15, New Street, Spring Gardens19-
54, Charing Cross19
11, John Street148
12, Bed ford bury148
21 „148
Scotland Yard118
Drury Lane Burial Ground148
28, Drury Lane19-
20, Warwick Street19-
21, Cockspur Street19-
18, York Place125
Turner's Court (R. W. Pipes)125
Examining sewers at—
Hungerford Wharf4s.6d.
Strand46
9-
17142
29973

The above table gives a general view f the births
and deaths for the last four years. The deaths during
the year 1860 are fewer by 28 than any year of the
series.
Upon the whole it was the healthiest year on record;
especially during what ought to have been the summer
months, the low temperature of which exempted us
from the usual fatal diseases of that season. In the
month of August we had only 37 deaths, and in