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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 1881
[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
1881.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 16
Dust-bins provided or repaired 18
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet 20
Drains repaired and cleansed 14
Closets repaired 12
Drains trapped 30
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 56
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 25
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 10
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 47
Underground dwellings discontinued 3
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 60
Overcrowding abated 1
Rooms disinfected after Smallpox, etc. 25