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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 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Births.
The Births registered in the year 1879 were 481,
that is 14 more than in the preceding year.

Table: DISTRICT SEWERAGE

DISTRICT SEWERAGE

£s.d.£s.d
Sundry repairs to and cleansing small sewers and pipes91149
Labour and water for flushing pipe sewers, and repairs to flushing hose172112
Sundry repairs to and cleansing large sewers45100
Repairs to and cleansing gullies171126
Flushing gullies with disinfectants222100
Examining and connecting drains to sewers9137
713120

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Deaths.
The Deaths registered in the year 1879 amounted to
557, being 38 more than in the previous year.