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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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St. George's Row, No. 7. Drain from the sink stopped
up. A notice was served on January 12th, and the drains
have been cleansed.
Upper Denbigh Mews, Denbigh Street. No water-closet
accommodation for the use of four persons. The offensive
matter is thrown on the dung-heap and down the gulley in
the mews. A notice was served on December 31st; new
water-closets have been erected, and the whole of the stable
drains properly cleansed.
Gloucester Street, Pimlico, No. 9. A most offensive
smell in the lower part of the house, caused by the defective
state of the bell traps, which were attended to.
Gloucester Terrace, St. George's Road, Pimlico, No. 32.
The drains from the closet in the back kitchen are choked
up, and sewage escapes through the gully underneath the
sink. It appeared, on examination, that only water had
passed underneath the trap, which was placed so low as
not to allow the passage of any solid matter. No
solid sewage had passed into the sewer since the house
had been occupied. The drains were cleansed and trap
altered.
Hindon Place, Hindon Street, No. 9. A nuisance existed
here from the defective state of the drains in No. 2,
situate at the rear of No. 9. No. 2 has been cleansed,
limewhited, and drained by a 6-inch pipe drain into the
sewer.
Hindon Street, Pimlico, No. 13. Dampness in the
kitchen, caused by the defective state of the drains. The
premises have been drained by 9-inch pipe drains into the
sewer.
Eccleston Place, Pimlico, No. 35. The closet and drains
are choked up. The drains have been cleansed.