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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 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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Injuries received from being thrown from
a cart 1
Chloroform (when about to undergo an
operation) 1
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Bakehouses.
The several Bakehouses situated in the Parish have
been duly inspected. Some few I have caused notices
to be served upon the owners for the purpose of limewhiting,
etc.
Sanitary Work.
In the year 1876, 60 notices were served upon
owners or occupiers of property to remedy sanitary
defects. Legal proceedings in three cases were resorted
to, the owners or occupiers failing to act upon the
notices served.
The several courts and passages in the Parish have
been lime-whited from time to time. The pipe sewers
have been regularly flushed; also those gullies in the
streets which at times emit offensive effluvia, also
flushed with carbolic acid and water.
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN J. SKEGG,
Medical Officer of Health.