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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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Lower Eaton Street, No. 10. Offensive effluvia in the
lower part of the house. An old brick drain was broken up,
and a new 6 inch pipe laid down.
Grosvenor Row, No. 21, Pimlico. Effluvia from the
drains, which have been repaired and trapped.
Cow-yard behind Shaftesbury Crescent. This place, formerly
a wood yard, has been recently taken for the purpose
of keeping about 40 cows; the premises, which are kept
clean, have been newly paved and drained. A complaint,
however, was brought of their being occasionally offensive.
Eaton Row, No. 6 (Stable). Obstructed drains which
have been cleansed.
Ranelagh Place, No. 9. The obstructed drains have
been cleansed.
Information has been given to the police in reference to
the dirty and dilipidated condition of the following houses:—
Nos. 1. Grosvenor Row, Pimlico, and Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4,
Clifford's Row.
Eliza Place, Elizabeth Street No. 3, South. Twelve persons
sleeping in one room. The number has been reduced to
three.
Lower Belgrave Street, No. 3, Pimlico. New drains
have been laid down.
Motcomb Street, No. 14. A complaint arising from foul
water, has been remedied.
Upper Eaton Street, No. 33. Effluvia from drains,
which have been cleansed.
Gloucester Street, No. 11, Pimlico. Obstructed drains,
which have been cleansed.
Upper Eaton Street, No. 7. The yard flooded with
sewage water, owing to the obstructed gully, which has been
cleansed, and the nuisance abated.
Rogers Court, Eaton Lane, North, No. 7. Flooded with