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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 1875
[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
1875.
Yards and basements repaved 11
Dust-bins provided or repaired 12
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet 17
Drains repaired and cleansed 6
Closets repaired 3
Drains trapped 15
Rubbish removed from basements 8
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 33
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 23
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 6
Basements, yards and closets limewhited 37
Apparatus repaired for water supply 3
Underground dwellings discontinued 3
Cisterns or water-butts covered and cleansed 19
Overcrowding abated 1
Miscellaneous . - 3
Bakehouses cleansed and lime-whited 2
Cesspools removed 1
Ventilation improved in Workshop 1