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Hanover Square 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Adam's Mews, No. 10. A dirty marine store
dealer's.
A complaint of nuisance committed by the workmen
in Davis's lamp factory, over Harslett's cow-shed, a most
improper place for both factory and cows.
The urinal in Adam's Mews, close to the door of
No. 11, and belonging to the owner of the hotel. A
notice was served requiring it to be cleansed and deodorized.
Dung-pit nuisances at Evans's stables, No. 54, Brook
Street and No. 20, Park Lane have, as well as the foregoing
cases, been attended to by the Inspector.
Certain improvements required at No. 17, Avery Row,
No. 6, Maddox Street, No. 7, Hart Street, and No. 10,
North Row, are not yet completed.
May's Buildings, Nos. 3, 4, and 5. Here, kitchens
inhabited contrary to the provisions of the Metropolis
Local Management Act, have been closed.
The returns of sanitary inspections and recommendations
made in the Belgrave sub-district relate to the
following places:—
Brewer Street, Pimlico, No. 21. A complaint of overcrowding
in this house, and other nuisances, for which
there was no foundation. The only nuisance in the house
was caused by the complainant herself, who commenced
collecting bones, &c., and wished to carry on the business
of a marine store dealer, which the occupier would not
allow.
Upper Ebury Street, Pimlico, No. 28. Leakage of
offensive water from the adjoining premises into the back
yard, caused by a defective state of a water-closet in No.