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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 1882

[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
1882.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 17
Dust-bins provided or repaired 20
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet 24
Drains repaired and cleansed 15
Closets repaired 8
Drains trapped 29
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 59
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 20
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 12
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 49
Underground dwellings discontinued 4
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 65
Overcrowding abated 4
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 17
Miscellaneous 12