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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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saturated earth was ordered to be taken away and replaced
by brick rubbish, to be covered with charcoal. Two additional
ventilators were made, one at either end of the church,
and the walls of the vaults were twice limewhited.
Hindon Street, No. 8. Bad smell caused by a leakage of
water from the supply pipe to the cistern in the adjoining
house. The pipe was repaired, and the nuisance abated.
Stockbridge Terrace, Pimlico, No. 10. The closet choked
up, arising from defective drainage, and causing a most
offensive smell. The closet has been cleansed.
Eaton Court, Eaton Lane North, Nos. 16 and 17. Drainage
stopped, no traps to the closets, the yards flooded with
sewage, and the smell most offensive. New closets have been
made, and connected with the sewer by 9-inch pipe drains.
Slaughter House behind No. 31, St. George's Place,
Knightsbridge. Walls very dirty, which have been limewhited
according to order.
Slaughter House behind No. 29, Ditto. Walls very dirty,
which have been limewhited.
Slaughter House behind No. 23, Westboume Street. Walls
very dirty, which have also been limewhited.
Slaughter House behind No. 2, Queen Street, Pimlico. The
walls are very dirty. The slaughter house has been limewhited.
The last four cases of neglect in cleanliness occurred
during the illness of the Inspector, and show the necessity
of constant sanitary supervision.
Victoria Road, Nos. 21 and 22. Both houses drain
into a large cesspool under the pavement, which gave way on
account of the rotten state of the wood covering the cesspool.
It has been emptied and filled up, and the drainage
of both houses properly connected with the sewer.
Churton Street, No. 62. A most offensive smell, arising