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Hanover Square 1858

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

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matter. Dung removed, and the owner cautioned against allowing
it to remain so long for the future.
No. 12, Queen's Row.—Dung-pit full of dung, mixed with
vegetable and animal matter. Dung removed and owner cautioned
against mixing animal matter with it.
No. 2, Lupus Street.—A quantity of decomposed cabbages
in the front area, and in the dust-pit. Refuse removed and
nuisance abated.
Nos. 35 and 36, Eccleston Place.—Bad smells. Nuisance
abated by the removal of the dust.
Jones's Gottages, Eccleston Street East.—Defective drainage.
A new pipe drain has been laid down, and connected with the
drain from the closet of the cottages.
Whilmarsh's Stable, adjoining Clough's Cottages. — Very
dirty, offensive, and a pig kept there. Pig removed and stable
cleansed.
No. 24, Ranelagh Street.—Leakage of water into the back
kitchen from No. 23. The drains have been repaired.
No. 19, Queen's Row, Pimlico.—An offensive accumulation
of vegetable matter, which has been removed.
Nos. 1 and 4, Little Charlotte Street. — No water supply to
the closets. A notice has been served.
No. 6, Little Charlotte Street. — No water supply to the
closet, gully untrapped, and no dust-pit. Work in progress.
No. 13, Brewer Street, Pimlico.—This was a very dangerous
nuisance, four rooms being occupied by three families, numbering
20 inmates, without water closet accommodation. The slops
and offensive matter were emptied into the gutter on the roof