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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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Table: The sewers in the Strand, Duncannon Street, Adelaide Street, Charles Street and a portion of Whitcomb Street, have been cleansed and any deposit removed, and the pipe sewers frequently flushed with water through an open hose, at a cost of £213 6s. 3d., being—

The sewers in the Strand, Duncannon Street, Adelaide Street, Charles Street and a portion of Whitcomb Street, have been cleansed and any deposit removed, and the pipe sewers frequently flushed with water through an open hose, at a cost of £213 6s. 3d., being—

£s.d.
Labour6379
Supply of water76128
New hose, stand pipe, &c.45110
Boots and clothing for sewermen15118
Oil, sundries, &c.1232
£21363

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CONNECTIONS TO SEWERS.
Twenty-five new connections of house drains to the sewers and
fourteen examinations of the sewers have been made by the Vestry
at the owners' cost.
REPAIRING GULLIES.
Two new gullies, and three new sewer ventilators have been
placed in the Strand.
Those in the undermentioned streets have been repaired or
reconstructed—
Chandos Street 1
Whitehall 1
Trafalgar Square 1
James Street, Haymarket 1
Monmouth Court 1
Charing Cross 1
Duncannon Street 1
Whitcomb Street 1
Bear Street 1
Northumberland Avenue 1
Scotland Yard . 1
Strand 1
Pall Mall East 1
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