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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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first to be attacked, and communicated the complaint to
his wife, who was unvaccinated.
Rutland Terrace, No. 8. House infected with small-pox.
St. George's Square, No. 39. The house was infected
with small-pox.
Tachbrook Street, No. 43. Ditto.
dough's Cottages, Elizabeth Street South, Pimlico.
Leakage of water from the adjoining houses, caused by
an obstruction in the gully opposite, which has been
cleansed, and the nuisance abated.
Upper hbury Street, No. 54. This house was dirty and
dilapidated throughout. The work is finished.
Mr. Faulkner's Building Yard, at the rear of No. 9,
Ranelagh Place. A notice having been served on Feb. 1,
the cesspools were abolished, and the dung removed.
Westbourne Street, No. 9. The upper back room was
dirty, in consequence of a man occupying it who appears
to be of unsound mind. The Medical Officer caused the
man to be taken to the workhouse, and the room has
been cleansed.
Ditto, No. 76. This house was infected with scarlet
fever.
Robert Street, Commercial Road South, No. 2. House
infected with small-pox.
Upper Ebury Street, No. 2. The Medical Officer found
three cases of scarlet fever in the house, a marine store
dealer's, which was dirty. It has been repaired, limewashed,
and cleansed.
Mr. Hatt's Cow-yard, Eccleston Street East. An accumulation
of dung during two days. A similar nuisance
existed in Mr. Hatt's other yard in Brewer Street. In
both instances the nuisance has been abated.