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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 1886

[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 1886.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 14
Dust-bins provided or repaired 18
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to closets 27
Drains repaired and cleansed 20
Closets repaired 13
Drains trapped 6
Rooms and staircases cleansed and whitewashed 20
Houses cleansed and whitewashed throughout 46
Ceiling's, stairs, and roofs repaired 6
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 31
Underground dwellings discontinued 3
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 53
Overcrowding abated 3
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 5
Water supply provided 2
Bakehouses lime-whited 1
Unsanitary houses closed 14
Miscellaneous 6

Table: TABLE IV.Showing the localities wherein the 40 deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1886 in St. Mart in-in-the-Fields.

TABLE IV.

Showing the localities wherein the 40 deaths occurred from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the year 1886 in St. Mart in-in-the-Fields.

Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhæa.Total.
Bedforbury. .1. .. .. .. .23
Broad Court, Bow Street. .1. .. .. .. .. .1
Castle Street, Leicester Square. .. .. .. .1. .. .1
Charing Cross Hospital. .. .. .*5. .+3↕210
Cross Court, Broad Court. .. .. .. .. .. .11
Duke's Court, Drury Lane. .1. .. .. .. .12
Exeter Street. .. .. .. .1. .. .1
Goodwin's Court. .. .. .. .. .. .11
James' Street, Hay market. .. .. .. .. .. .11
Langley Court. .. .. .. .2. .. .2
Lemon Tree Yard. .. .. .. .. .1. .1
Long Acre. .. .. .. .. .. .11
Lumley Court. .. .. .. .1. ...1
Mercer Street. .1. .. .. .. .. .1
Peabody Buildings. .1. .. .. .. .. .1
Russell Court. .. .. .. .1. .. .1
St. Martin's Street. .. .. .. .. .. .33
Turner's Court. .. .. .. .1. .. .1
White Hart Street. .. .. .. .2. .24
Wilson Street. .. .. .. .2. .. .2
An infant in a woman's arms in the street. .. .. .. .. .. .11
. .5. .51141540