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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Allington-street, Pimlico, No. 8. Infected with erysipelas.
The patient occupied the front kitchen, which
has been cleansed.
Grosvenor-row, No. 19. Infected with scarlet fever.
The top of the closet has been remedied.
Moreton-street, Pimlico, No. 8, and Hindon-place,
Hindon-street, Pimlico, No. 21. The water-closets have
been repaired.
Ranelagh-street, No. 34. A closet offensive through
neglect, remedied. A family removed from the front kitchen,
which, with the back one, was unfit to be occupied, on
account of dampness.
Upper Belgrave-place, No. 16. The drains from the
water-closet, which were obstructed in the yard, have
been cleansed and repaired, and the nuisance abated.
Belgrave-terrace, Pimlico, No. 2. Dr. Aldis and the
Inspector of Nuisances attended the Westminster Police
Court on November 30th, when, after hearing the evidence,
Mr. Arnold, the magistrate, recommended the
summons against the owner to be withdrawn, and a fresh
one taken out against the occupier, who held the house
on a repairing lease. The owner also, after having commenced
an action of ejectment, could not obtain admission.
Evidence was given on December 9th, that two
cesspools existed on the premises, the drainage being
in a defective state; and that when the fires at No 1 were
lighted, the effluvium was drawn into it. The magistrate
granted an order for the work to be done within six days;
but as it was not carried into effect, the Local Authority
has since remedied the evil.
Eccleston-place, Pimlico, No. 50. A six-stall stable
which was dirty and without drainage, has been properly