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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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South. Diarrhœa in the house, which has been cleansed
and limewhited.
St. George's Place, Pimlico. The drains have been
cleansed and repaired, gully trapped, and water supplied
to the closet.
G-reyhound Public House, Cambridge Street, Pimlico.
The sewer has been flushed to abate a nuisance here.
Mr. Hatt's Cow-yard, between Eccleston Street East, and
Ebury Street, Bad effluvia, and ten cows more than the
number allowed by the magistrate's order. The dung-pit
has been properly cleansed, and the cows reduced according
to the order.
Mr. Henry Wise's Cow-yard, Elizabeth Street South.
A large quantity of dung mixed with decomposed vegetable
matter, pools of stagnant water, yard very dirty and
offensive. The dung has been removed, and the yard
cleansed.
Park-side, Knightsbridge, No. 6. Leakage of water
through the roof, from the defective state of a watercloset
at No. 7. The closet and pipe have been repaired.
Victoria Road, Pimlico, No. 15. A gully opposite to
this house has been cleansed.
Upper Ranelagh Street, Pimlico, No. 2. A common
privy and cesspool in the yard, with defective drainage in
the house. A notice was served on August 16.
Grosvenor Cottages, Eaton Terrace, No. 7. The following
is the result of an analysis of an imperial gallon of
water taken from the pump behind these premises, on
July 26:—
Grains.
Total Residue 91.20
Organic Matter 11.95