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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 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]
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snow, but it necessitates the use of salt which is for many reasons
objectionable, but in my opinion in most cases a necessary evil.
The total cost incurred for the removal is as follows:—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Labour | 45 | 15 | 1 |
| *Vestry's Labourers | 173 | 19 | 11 |
| Hire of Horses, &c. | 183 | 10 | 3 |
| Salt | 141 | 2 | 0 |
| Additional Slop at Shoot | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Water used in Flushing | 41 | 5 | 6 |
| Fines for alleged sweeping of mud into gullies | 18 | 16 | 0 |
| £634 | 8 | 9 |
LIMEWIIITING COURTS.
The courts and other passages in the parish have been limewhited
twice, at a cost of £32 11s. 0d.
VESTRY HALL.
The iron gates to front entrance have been cleaned, repaired,
and painted. The lavatory has also been painted and whitewashed.
An improvement has also been effected by removing the old brick
receptacle for dust in the yard, and substituting one of iron.
The hot water heating apparatus has been overhauled and the
old cistern being worn out, has been replaced by two smaller
galvanized iron tanks, with a separate one for the hot water
circulation, at a total cost of £27 17s. 6d.
STREET NAME PLATES.
Mew name plates have been fixed in the following streets and
courts:—
Duncannon Street, Chapel Place, Martlett Court, Cross Court (2)
Salisbury Street, Whitcomb Court, Exchange Court. These plates
were chiefly required in place of broken glass ones and are of zinc
metal painted, consequently unbreakable, and of slightly less cost.
*This item includes the time of the orderly men and night sweepers.