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 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 |