Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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rain, for which there is no escape. Information was given
to the Surveyor.
Ranelagh Street, Pimlico, No. 35. A dampness and
effluvia in the back yard abated, and the sink trapped.
Ditto, No. 34. Obstructed drains remedied, and water
supplied to the closet.
Mr. Green's Cow-yard, Eaton Row. Drains cleansed
and repaired.
Dung has been removed from the following places:—
Mr. Henry Wise's Cow-yard, Elizabeth Street South;
Mr. Bull's, Commercial Road South; and the stable-yard
adjoining Middleton's Cottages, Ranelagh Road.
Ranelagh Place, No. 14. Obstructed drains and no
water-closet. The owner's address is not known at present.
Brewer Street, Pimlico, No. 14. Dampness in one of
the bed rooms, caused by leakage from the water-butt on
the roof. A notice was served on December 10th, 1859,
Brewer Place, Brewer Street, Pimlico, No. 1. Leakage
of offensive water through the wall into the parlour and
the yard, from Mr. Hatt's cow-yard, adjoining premises.
The wall has been cemented.
Stable Yard, Bloomfield Place. A large quantity of
dung has been removed.
Upper Ebury Street, No. 73. This house was infected
with measles, scarlet fever, and whooping cough. The
ceilings of the front attics where the families were living,
admitted rain, and one of the rooms was very dirty. No
trap to the sink, and no bell to the trap in the back yard.
A notice was served on November 26th, and the work
has been finished.
Skinner's Cottages, Nos. 1 and 2. The water does not
enter the closet, because the supply pipe has been wilfully
stopped up. One large cistern supplies three closets.
Obstruction removed. C