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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 1877

[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
1877.
Yards and basements repaved 7
Dust-bins provided or repaired 10
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet 20
Drains repaired and cleansed 10
Closets repaired 7
Drains trapped 15
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 40
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 24
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 9
Basements, yards and closets lime-whited 25
Apparatus repaired for water supply 4
Underground dwellings discontinued 6
Cisterns or water-butts covered and cleansed 19
Bakehouses cleansed and lime-whited 2
Overcrowding abated 4
Miscellaneous 7
Rooms disinfected after Smallpox 38