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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Martin-in-the-Fields 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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| £ | s. | d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 2,267 | 14 | 0 | |||
| New triple burners to 3 safety lamps at intersection of Long Acre, New King Street, and Cranbourn Street (Mr. Flood) | £ | |||||
| 0 | 13 | 6 | ||||
| Printing posts nt ditto, ditto (Mr. Kendall) | 0 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Repairs and alterations to sundry lumps (Mr. Floods) | 5 | 19 | 4 | |||
| New gas meters (Mr. Glover) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 10 |
| 2,279 | 9 | 10 | ||||
WATERING STREETS.
The cost of watering the streets, &c., during the summer months, has been £607 11s. 9d., as shown below:—
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse and cart hire for spreading water (Mr. Easton) | 456 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Water supplied from Orange Street Works (Her Majesty's Commissioners of Works and Buildings) | 114 | 5 | 10 | |||
| New watering hose and repairs (Mr. Merry weather) | 3 | 10 | 6 | |||
| £ | ||||||
| Parish labourers at water posts, to fill carts | 30 | 12 | 5 | |||
| Ditto, on Sundays | 2 | 12 | 6 | |||
| 33 | 4 11 | |||||
| 607 | 11 | 9 | ||||
The streets, &c., being swept by the sweepers in the pay of the Vestry.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carting slop, &c., from streets, and removing dust (Mr. Easton) | 1,280 | 0 | 0 |
| Street sweepers in the pay of the vestry | 870 | 6 | 7 |
| Brooms used by ditto (Mr. Lewis) | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue serge frocks for ditto (Messrs. Prater) | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Baskets, wheelbarrows, and shovels | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 2,191 | 16 | 6 |