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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 1885

[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
1885.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 6
Dust-bins provided or repaired 26
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to
closets 41
Drains repaired and cleansed 16
Closets repaired 5
Drains trapped 9
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 49
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 35
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 3
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 94
Underground dwellings discontinued 2
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 66
Overcrowding abated 6
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 10
Water supply provided 1
Bakehouses lime-whited 3
Miscellaneous 6

Table: Showing the localities wherein the30deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year1885.

Showing the localities wherein the30deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year1885.

Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
Admiralty............1......1
Blue Cross Street..................11
Bull Inn Court...............l1
Carlton Stables...2...............2
Castle Street, Leicester Square............1......1
Castle Street, Long Acre..................l1
Charing Cross Hospital...1...3...4l*9
Crown Court...1...............1
Drury Lane............1...l2
Exchange Court............1......1
George Court............1......1
Peabody Buildings...1......2......4
Russell Court...1...............1
St. Martin's Lane...2...............2
St. Martin's Street...1...............1
White Hart Street..................l1
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* Of these 9 deaths which occurred in the Charing Cross Hospital 6 were those of non-parishioners.