Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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The roof of No. 7 out of repair, and staircase, with
wash-house, dirty. A notice was served on January 24th,
and the drains have been cleansed, the roofs repaired, and
No. 7 whitewashed and cleansed.
Ebury-square, No, 20. Obstructed drains have been
cleansed, and the pig removed from the shed.
Ebury-square, No. 2a. The drains, which were obstructed,
have been cleansed.
Grosvenor-row, No. 46. The drains obstructed throughout,
paving and pens in the yard out of repair, with
offensive effluvia. A notice was served on January 31st.
Remedied.
Windsor-terrace, Vauxhall-road, No. 14. The old brick
drains have been broken up throughout the house, and a
6-inch pipe drain laid down, with pipe branches, the
inlets trapped, and nuisance abated.
Roberf s-buildings, Ebury-square, No. 5. The drains
and closet have been cleansed.
Houses Infected with Zymotic Disease.
Flash-row, No. 12. Infected with diphtheria. The
parlours and staircase dirty. A notice was served on
March 19th, and the rooms, with the staircase, have been
whitewashed.
Graliam-street West, No. 8. Infected with diphtheria.
The house is clean. A notice was served on January
24th, and water was laid on to the closet, the dust pit
covered, and a ball put to the tap.
Whitaker-street, No. 14, and Burton-street, Pimlico, No.
15, were infected with diphtheria, but found to be clean.
The following houses were infected with scarlet fever,
namely:—Moreton-street West, No. 11; Coleshill-street, No.
74; Tachbrook-street, No. 49; Eccleston-place, No. 26;