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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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25 th. The cesspool was filled up, and the premises properlydrained.
Ebury Street, Nos. 8 and 9. Drainage in a defective
state, a cesspool in the area of No. 8, and a most offensive
smell in No. 9. The work is finished.
Chapel Street, Belgrave Square, No. 10. Drainage in a
defective state, and the drain of No. 9 passes into that of
No. 10, which is objected to. The drain of No. 10 is in a
very dilapidated condition, and that leading from No. 9 is
very defective. Each house has been properly drained by
6-inch pipe drains into the sewer.
Hugh Street, Pimlico, Nos. 38 and 39. Common privies,
and no covers to the ash-pits. A notice was served on
April 5th.
Middleton,s Cottages, Ranelagh Road. Bad smell from
the closets, caused by the neglected state of the pans, three
in number, and two gullies out of repair. The Inspector
saw the landlord, who said he would do anything that was
required.
General London Omnibus Yard, Eccleston Place. A
complaint having been made of a bad smell from this yard,
it was visited by the Inspector and myself; but we found the
place clean, and well ventilated.
Bridge Row, Pimlico, No. 1. Rooms in the third floor
dirty, staircase dark and badly ventilated, and no trap to the
gully-hole. Notice served, and work finished.
Brewer Street, No. 22. A female afflicted with small-pox
in the second floor; bad smell from the drains, no trap to
the gully in the back yard, no cover to the dust-pit.
Notice served. Small-pox also appeared at No. 9, Allington
Street, and 3, Wilton Terrace, which were visited, but sanitary
measures were required only in the former.