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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 1891
[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 1891.
Yards and basements repaired or repaved 4
Dust-bins provided or repaired 10
Apparatus provided or repaired for supply of water to closets 16
Drains repaired and cleansed 10
Drains trapped 3
Closets repaired 3
Rooms and staircases cleanscd and white-washed 37
Houses cleansed and white-washed throughout 74
Ceilings, stairs, and roofs repaired 4
Basements, yards, and closets lime-whited 22
Underground dwellings (use of) discontinued 2
Cisterns covered or cleansed 75
Overcrowding abated 2
Disinfection after infectious disease 32
Water supply provided 4
Bakehouses lime-whited 2
Miscellaneous 17