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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 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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Summary of Sanitary Works performed during the Year
1884.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 14
Dust-bins provided or repaired 16
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closets 41
Drains repaired and cleansed 16
Closets repaired 6
Drains trapped 10
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 45
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 30
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 12
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 57
Underground dwellings discontinued 24
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 20
Overcrowding abated 1
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 26
Water supply provided 6
Bakehouses lime-whited 3
Miscellaneous 7
Total 334

Table: TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,AT VARIOUS AGES,Of Parishioners of St. Martin-in-the-Fields occurring in Public Institutions outside the Parish during the year1884.

TABLE OF THE CAUSES OF DEATH,

AT VARIOUS AGES,

Of Parishioners of St. Martin-in-the-Fields occurring in Public Institutions outside the Parish during the year1884.

CAUSES.Total Deaths at all Ages.Under 1 Year.From 1 Year to 5.From 5 Yrs. to 20.From 20Yrs. to 40.From 40Yrs. to 60.From 60Yrs. to 80.80 Yrs. and upwards.
Small-pox2......11---
Measles211-----
Scarlet Fever2...11----
Diarrhœa11------
Pyæmia1......1----
Rheumatism1.........1---
Cancer4.........121-
Sarcoma1...l-----
Cancrum Oris1...1-----
Consumption141......121--
Disease of Brain1 ..........1---
Mania1............1--
Disease of Heart2......1......1-
Bronchitis and Asthma4............31-
Pneumonia1............1--
Laryngitis1...l-----
Disease of Intestines1.........1---
Disease of Liver1...l-----
Disease of Kidney7.........232-
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