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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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Summary of Sanitary Work performed during the Year
1879.
Yards and basements repaved 12
Dust-bins provided or repaired 15
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet 20
Drains repaired and cleansed 12
Closets repaired 10
Drains trapped 20
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 50
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 25
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 15
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 40
Underground dwellings discontinued 6
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 45
Overcrowding abated 3
Miscellaneous 8
Rooms disinfected after small-pox 6