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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 1874
[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
1874.
Yards and basements repaved
10
Dust-bins provided or repaired
19
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet
30
Drains repaired and cleansed
7
Closets repaired
5
Drains trapped
12
Rubbish removed from basements
3
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed
74
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout
17
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired
8
Basements, yards and closets limcwhited
42
Apparatus repaired for water supply
5
Underground dwellings discontinued
1
Cisterns or water-butts covered and cleansed
24
Overcrowding abated
3
Manure removed
3
Miscellaneous
6
Closets removed (improper situation)
1
Bakehouses cleansed and lime-whited
4
Ventilation improved in Bakehouses
1