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Hanover Square 1859

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

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Eaton Lane North, No. 15. This house has been
lime-whited and cleansed throughout, and the drain in the
back-yard repaired.
Pembroke Mews, No. 4. A number of rabbits kept in
the washhouse underneath, and causing a most offensive
effluvium, have been removed.
Corner of Denbigh Street. Two offensive gullies, which
have been attended to.
Rogers' Court, Eaton Lane North, No. 2. This house,
which is unfit for human habitation, is to be pulled down.
Bloomfield Place, Pimlico, No. 10. A nuisance arising
from the defective state of a soil pipe in the back kitchen,
and an untrapped gully, which have been repaired. Two
children were suffering from fever.
New Grosvenor Place. The house refuse was removed
from 26 houses.
St. George's Place. The dust was removed from 15 houses.
Bloomfield. Terrace, No. 12. A gully was cleansed opposite
to this house.
Union Public House, Queen Street, Pimlico. Two
gullies were also cleansed opposite to this place.
Mr. Bull's Cow-yard, Commercial Road South. A large
quantity of dung about the yard, and several new stables
built without drainage. The work has been finished.
Greyhound Public House, Hugh Street West, Pimlico.
Drains choked, and sewage rising up through the sink in
the back kitchen. The drains have been cleansed.
Robert Street (right-hand side), Commercial Road South,
No 3. A room, very dirty, has been lime-washed and
cleansed.
Ditto, No. 4. The front bed-room, occupied by a labourer,
his wife, and five children; two sons were, respectively,
aged 22 and 14, and a daughter 18; the two
remaining children 10 and 8 years. The dimensions of the