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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limewhited and cleansed throughout, and sacks prepared
for the bones.
Messrs. Cowell and Son's Slaughter-house, Kinnerton
Street, opposite to the complainant's house. Blood cart
standing for two hours. The owners were cautioned
against allowing the cart to remain longer than was required.
Vacant Ground North of St. GabrieVs Church. A
quantity of refuse deposited, which has been removed.
• Grosvenor Row, No. 38. About half a cart-load of
decomposed vegetables in the back yard. The nuisance
has been abated.
O' Connor's Yard, West Street, Pimlico. A large quantity
of dung and pigs' wash. They have been removed.
Mr. Bull's Cow-yard, Commercial Road South. A
large accumulation of dung, which has been removed.
New Street, No. 7. The house refuse has been removed,
and the bad state of the paving referred to the
surveyor.
Upper St. Leonard Street, No. 7. Common privy in
the yard. It has been trapped and panned, and the water
laid on.
Commercial Road South, No. 14. Two offensive gullies
opposite to this house have been cleansed.
Shoot at the end of Commercial Road South. A quantity
of stagnant water, which has been remedied by Mr.
Richman, the surveyor.
Belgrave Arms, Upper Ebury Street. A nuisance was
experienced from a large quantity of house refuse in the
back yard of the marine store dealer's adjoining, and
from the dung in the omnibus yard. The refuse and
dung have been taken away, and the yard of the former
limewhited.