London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1880
[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
1880.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 14
Dust-bins provided or repaired 16
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet 25
Drains repaired and cleansed 16
Closets repaired 11
Drains trapped 26
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 55
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 20
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 12
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 45
Underground dwellings discontinued 5
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 49
Overcrowding abated 2
Miscellaneous 10