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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 |