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Hanover Square 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Robert-street, No 18. Case of fever.
Robert-street, No. 18a. Case of diphtheria.
May' s-buildings, No. 3. Scarlatina.
Carrington-street, No. 12. Erysipelas. Requires some
new drainage and cleansing, which are not yet finished.
Robert-street, No. 5. Diphtheria.
Thomas-street, No. 37. A marine store dealer's.
Woodstock-street, No. 22. Dirty basement, water-closet,
and untrapped sinks.
Miscellaneous.
Piccadilly, No. 71. Two pigs kept in the front area
of a confectioner.
Grrosvenor-street, No. 65. Slops thrown from the windows
of No. 11, Little Grosvenor-street, on to the lead
flat roof of the dining room.
Portugal-street, Nos. 10 and 11. Slops emptied from
attic windows of No. 11, stopped up rain water pipe, and
causes damage to No. 10.
Dover-street, No. 20. Very careful investigation of
causes of unwholesome effluvia in library. Evil traced by
Mr. Grant to wall saturated with old overflowing from a
water-closet.
Corner of South Bruton-mews. Offensive urinal.
Swarns-passage, No. 7. Inspector sent for because of
dead cat in a cellar.
Leakages.
Brooks'-mews, No. 10. A defective rain water-pipe,
causing dampness at No. 11.