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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 1889
[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 1889.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved
Dust-bins provided or repaired 1
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to closets 22
Drains repaired and cleansed 11
Closets repaired 8
Drains trapped 8
Rooms and staircases cleansed and white-washed 38
Houses cleansed and white-washed throughout 40
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 4
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 58
Underground dwellings discontinued 6
Cisterns or water-butts covered or cleansed 57
Overcrowding abated 5
Rooms disinfected after infectious disease 16
Water supply provided 1
Bakehouses lime-whited 0
Miscellaneous 13