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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 1883

[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
1883.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 20
Dust-bins provided or repaired 15
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closet 35
Drains repaired and cleansed 14
Closets repaired 9
Drains trapped 20
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 50
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 23
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 16
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 55
Underground dwellings discontinued 6
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 34
Overcrowding abated 2
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 20
Water supply provided 2
Miscellaneous 18
Houses dealt with under Torrens’ Act 10
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Table: TABLEShowing the localities wherein the56deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year1883.

TABLE

Showing the localities wherein the56deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year1883.

Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
Bedfordbury...4...............4
Blue Cross Street..................22
Broad Court...2...............2
Castle Street, Leicester Square...2...............2
,, ,, Long Acre...]..............1
Cecil Court......1............2
Charing Cross Hospital......1*1...†2*15
Chemister Alley...1.........12
Craven Street..................11
Crown Court......1............1
Drury Lane...1...............1
Duke's Court, Drury Lane...2............2
Leicester Square..................11
Long Acre.........1...1...2
May's Buildings...3.........115
Peabody Buildings...2...............2
Russell Court...1............23
Russell Street.........1......12
St. Martin's Court...1...............1
St. Martin's Street.........1.........1
Strand...21......—...3
Strand Buildings...1.........•••...1
Turner's Court...1......1...2
Vinegar Yard...1............1
White Hart Court..................3
White Hart Street.........i......12
Wilcon Street............1...1
York Place......1............1
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