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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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Summary of Sanitary Work performed during the Year
1876.
Yards and basements repaved 6
Dust-bins provided or repaired 7
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet 25
Drains repaired and cleansed 11
Closets repaired 5
Drains trapped 15
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 35
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 26
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 3
Basements, yards and closets limewhited 30
Apparatus repaired for water supply 2
Underground dwellings discontinued 6
Cisterns or water-butts covered and cleansed 12
Bakehouses cleansed and lime-whited 6
Cesspool removed 1
Dung removed 1
Ventilation improved 2