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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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sewage from No. 16, Eaton Lane, North; new drains have
been laid down.
Robert Street, Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 Pimlico, (right hand
side). The drains are stopped up, and the yard flooded
with stagnant water. The drains and yards have been
cleansed.
Pembroke Mews, No. 21. Dung and rubbish removed.
Robert Street, No. 7, Pimlico (right hand side). The
kitchen occupied by two persons, although unfit for human
habitation, according to Section 103, of the Metropolis Local
Management Act.
Commercial Road, South, No. 16, and Robert Street, No. 5,
Pimlico. Infected with scarlet fever, houses clean.
Brewer Street, No. 13. Staircase, parlour, and shop
are dirty; no cover to dust pit, and no water to closet.
A notice was served 5th May, 1860, and the work is
finished.
Ebury Street, No 7, Pimlico. Effluvia from drains and
closet. A notice was served 5th May, 1860; the work will
be finished in August, when the premises will be drained by
pipes, and new water closets erected.
Middleton Cottages, Runelagh Road, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
The drains which were stopped up from the closets to the
washhouses have been cleansed.
Ebury Square, No 3. The obstructed drains have been
cleansed.
Robert Street, Pimlico, No. 1. Infected with scarlet
fever; and the front parlour, which was dirty, has been
cleansed.
Upper Eaton Street, No. 7, Pimlico. An old drain from
Ranelagh Mews broken in. The drain in Ranelagh Mews
was opened, and the drains from Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6,
Ranelagh Mews, with one from a closet belonging to