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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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| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward 1 | ,211 | 2 | 5 | Brought forward | 1,454 | 18 10 | |
| Spur Street | 10 | 6 | Vinegar Yard | 3 | 3 | ||
| Suffolk Street | 1 | 5 | Villiere Street | 26 | 9 | 6 | |
| Suffolk Place | 3 | 4 | Whitehall | 25 | 6 | 4 | |
| Salisbury Street | 3 | 3 | 11 | Whitehall Place | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Strand | 167 | 15 | 4 | Whitehall Yard | 17 | 16 | 0 |
| Trafalgar Square | 37 | 11 | 5 | Whitcomb Street | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Taylor's Buildings | 1 | 1 | Whitcomb Court | 11 | 9 | 3 | |
| Turner's Court | 4 | 16 | 10 | Wilson Street | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Turnstile Alley | 27 | 10 | 5 | White Hart Street | 3 | 4 | |
| Upper St. Martin's Lane | 18 | 0 | York Buildings | 4 | 17 | 5 | |
| Carried forward | 1,454 | 18 | 10 | Total | £1,551 | 15 | 3 |
The total sum, it will be noticed, includes £386 9s. 8d., the
annual cost of maintenance of King William Street and Northumberland
Avenue, paid to the Improved Wood Pavement Company.
It also includes for extensive repairs in Brewers Lane, and for
new Jarrah wood opposite the West Strand Post Office.
The granite carriageway of Orange Street has also been
thoroughly repaired, the same having been broken up by the
operations of the Water and Gas Companies in diverting their
mains, consequent upon the closing of Hemmings Row.
LIGHTING.
The following is a statement of the number of public lamps on the 25th March, 1891, with consumption of gas and cost per annum:—
| No. of Lamps. | Cubic feet of Gas consumed per hour. | Cost per annum. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | |||
| 565 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | per lamp. |
| 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ,, |
| 6 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ,, |
| 2 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 2 | ,, |
| 14½ | 20 | 10 | 0 | 9 | ,, |
| 1 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 5 | ,, |
| 1 | 50 till midnight | 17 | 13 | ,, | |
| 20 after „ | 6 | ,, | |||
| 2 (on meter) | 84 | 3 | 8 | both. | |