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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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Sanitary Work.
Ill the year 1884, 121 notices were served upon
owners or occupiers of property, besides numerous
verbal recommendations to remedy nuisances and
sanitary defects.
A summons had to be taken out against the owner
of 4, St. Martin's Court, for neglecting to comply
with the notice served upon him, ordering certain
sanitary works and repairs to be performed to the
house above-mentioned. The magistrate condemned
the owner in costs.
Bakehouses.
The duty of inspecting the bakehouses having
reverted to the Vestry, I have accordingly devoted
my attention to them. On the whole they are well
kept. I have been very particular in insisting that
the water used in the manufacture of the bread
should come from a cistern independent of that
supplying a closet.
Houses Let in Lodgings, &c.
Section 35 of the Sanitary Act, 1866, was put in
force in this Parish. The section says :—"On application
to one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries
of State, by the nuisance authority of the City of
Brought forward
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| Suffocation | 2 |
| Poisoning, Aconite | 1 |
| „ Carbolic Acid | 1 |
| Pistol-shot wound | 2 |
| Drowning | |
| Wound of Throat | 3 |
| Hanging | 1 |
| Injuries received from jumping out of a window | 1 |
| Injuries received from falling off an omnibus | 1 |
| Injuries received from falling down stairs | 3 |
| „ „ „ off a ladder | 3 |
| „ „ a falling coping | 1 |
| „ „ in alighting from a train at Charing Cross Station of the South Eastern Railway | 1 |
| Injuries received from a falling stone | 1 |
| „ „ when driving and coming into collision with another vehicle | 2 |
| Injuries received from falling down an area | 1 |
| Injuriesreceivedatthe Alhambra Theatre „ „ by an infant from being squeezed between the bed and wall . | 1 1 |
| Intemperance | 1 |
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