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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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mother refused to have her son removed to the wards in
Mount Street.
Upper Ebury Street, No. 30. Infected with scarlatina.
Three children were ill at the same time, one with
malignant scarlet fever, terminating in croup and bronchitis,
which proved fatal. The father was paralyzed,
and the wife worn out with distress and anxiety. The
house is in a very dirty condition. A notice was served
on March 10, 1860, and the premises are undergoing a
thorough repair.
Gloucester Terrace, St. George's Road, No. 3. Infected
with small-pox.
Wilton Crescent, No. 16. Infected with small-pox.
The patient was removed to the wards in Mount Street,
and the other servants were re-vaccinated.
Chesham Place, No. 7. Infected with small-pox.
Queen Street, Pimlico, No. 38. Case of whoopingcough
in the front attic, and of bronchitis in the back
one. The roof has been repaired and ceilings limewhited.
Spring Garden Place, No. 1. Infected with small-pox.
The patient caught the complaint while in the service of
a Russian nobleman residing in Chester Square. The
staircase and bed room have been limewhited.
Queen Street, Pimlico, No. 43. The family occupying
the attics are affected with sore throat, and the ceilings
dirty, which have been limewhited.
Knightsbridge Terrace, Hyde Park Corner, No. 1.
The drains at the back part of the house are stopped up.
The drains of this house and the drains of the three
adjoining ones pass behind, along the terrace into the
sewer in William Street. The occupiers intend to have
their houses drained into the sewer in front.
New "Grenadier" Public House, Crescent Mews, Wilton