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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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MEDICAL OFFICER'S REPORT,
1875.
Annual Report on the Health of the Parish of St. Martin-in-theFields,
for the Year 1875.
To the Yestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour of submitting to you my
sixth Annual Report on the health and sanitary
condition of the Parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
The year 1875 was not marked by the visitation of
any particular epidemic. The Deaths were less than
1 in the preceding year.
Works chargeable upon the "Sewers' Rate."
| DISTRICT SEWERAGE. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 78 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| 19 | 9 | |||||
| Sundry repairs to and cleansing small | 171 | 7 | ||||
| Labour and water for flushing pipe sewers | 197 | 13 | ||||
| Sundry repairs to and cleansing large sewers | 19 | 10 | ||||
| Repairs to and cleansing gullies | 120 | 13 | ||||
| Examining and connecting drains to sewers | 9 | 8 | ||||
| 689 | 18 | |||||
| Supply of water and rent of meters | 16 | |||||
| Sundry repairs new hous, &c | 6 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Labour and brooms cleansing urinals and | ||||||
| Cleansing drains &c. | 10 | |||||
| 82 | 12 | |||||
| Carried forward | £772 | 10 | 6 | |||
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