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St Martin-in-the-Fields 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Martin-in-the-Fields]

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QUEEN'S WESTMINSTER VOLUNTEERS (I COMPANY).
On the 22nd September, 1892, an application was received that
a box containing papers, &c., relating to the St. Martin’s Company
in the custody of the Vestry, might be delivered to the Company;
it was then determined that upon the Colonel of the Regiment
making a written application the box would be placed in his hands.
The box was subsequently delivered.
THE LATE RT. HON. W. H. SMITH, M.P.
The Memorial Committee having reported, on the 19th May,
1892, that the bust of the deceased Statesman would shortly be
completed; it was agreed to request the Sculptor, Mr. T. R. Essex,
to execute a marble bracket, and to place the bust thereon in a
position in the Great Hall to be selected by the Committee.
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
On the 20th October, 1892, it was resolved, that Mr. John
Joseph Skegg, L.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.S., of 29, Craven Street, be provisionally
appointed the Medical Officer of Health of the Parish, to
perform the duties prescribed in the Sanitary Officers (London)
Order, 1891, over the whole area of the parish. On the 17th
November, 1892, the formal sanction of the Local Government
Board to the appointment was submitted.
SANITARY INSPECTOR.
the 6th October, 1893, Mr. William Cooke was provisionally
appointed the Sanitary Inspector of the parish, to perform the duties
prescribed in the Sanitary Officers (London) Order, 1891, over the
hole area of the parish, for a period of one year, from the 6th day
October, 1892. The appointment was subsequently formally
approved by the Local Government Board.

Statement of Houses and other Premises Inspected and Improved during the Year1878.

Christchurch.St. Saviour.Total.
Houses inspected115275390
Dirty Houses cleansed55762
Dustbins provided..55
Water-butts &c., cleansed21113
Drains cleansed153449
Foul Closets2881109
Water through Roof42226
Yards repaved54752
Dung-heaps removed..11
Cesspools emptied & filled in112
Urinals cleansed..22
Slaughter-house inspections101020
Cow-house inspections201535
Bakehouse inspections111122
Houses and Bedding dis-infected124254
Bedding destroyed and re-placed3912
Dust complaints attended to11409152,055
A large quantity of Vegetables and Fruit in a state of decomposition were destroyed