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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

Hanover Square 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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12
Sanitary Work.
For the Year ending March 31st, 1881.
The following table has been compiled for me by Mr.
Joseph Snook, your Sanitary Inspector, from the Report
Book:—

Table: Table VI.Various kinds of Complaints of Nuisances, &c., from April 1st, 1880, to March 31st, 1881.

Table VI.

Various kinds of Complaints of Nuisances, &c., from April 1st, 1880, to March 31st, 1881.

Total number of Complaints627
Notices served116
Houses and premises limewhited31
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases168
Old brick drains abolished, and glazed stoneware pipes substituted23
New drains constructed4
Drains unstopped and repaired62
Drains trapped and ventilated, sinks disconnected, &c.26
Closets supplied with water38
Closets unstopped and repaired32
Roofs repaired7
New dust bins provided2
Dust bins renewed, repaired, new covers, &c.17
Cisterns repaired, new covers, &c.13
New cisterns provided7
Waste pipes disconnected29
Removal of animals improperly kept (cases of)0
Meat, fish, &c., condemned (cases of)8
Overcrowding abated7
Cesspools abolished6
Accumulation of dung, straw, &c., removed70
Various nuisances removed76
No cause for complaint on inspection39