London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1872
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 2,286 | 15 | 10 | |||
| street lighting. | ||||||
| Supply of gas by the Gaslight and Coke Company (3 quarters) | 1,823 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Ditto ditto London Gaslight Company (4 quarters) | 129 | 11 | 0 | |||
| New Lamp at Refuge, Trafalgar Square | 22 | 17 | 6 | |||
| New Lanterns | 21 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Repairs to Lamps | 4 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2,001 | 16 | 9 | ||||
| street cleansing and dusting. | ||||||
| Sweeping and carting away slop, &c., from streets, and removing dust and ashes from houses, (2 quarters) | 1,003 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sweeping and carting away slop, &c.,(2 quarters) | 1,001 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Removing dust and ashes from houses (2 quarters) | 400 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Clearing snow from streets | 56 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2,460 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| street watering. | ||||||
| Horse and cart hire spreading water | 436 | 8 | 0 | |||
| Labor filling carts at posts | 37 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Repairs to posts, &c | 2 | 13 | 2 | |||
| Iron pipes laid from Orange-street waterworks to new standpost in St. Martin'sstreet | 85 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 561 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| Carried forward | £7,310 | 1 | 1 | |||