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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Houses infected with Zymotic Disease.
Ranelagh-cottages, Commercial-road, No. 4. Infected with
chicken pox. This house is coming down very soon, to
make room for the new barracks.
Eaton-cottages, Westbourne-street, No. 6. Infected with
fever. The house and yard have been whitewashed and
cleansed.
Burton-street, Pimlico, No. 14a. Infected with fever.
The traps of the closet have been repaired.
The following houses were infected with fever, namely:
Stanley-street, Pimlico, No. 69 ; Rutland-street, Pimlico, No.
40; and Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, No. 5. They were clean.
Elury-mews, No. 51. Infected with scarlet fever. The
rooms have been whitewashed and cleansed.
lioberfs-buildings, Ebury-square, No. 1. Infected with
scarlet fever. The two top rooms dirty. A notice was
served on April 23rd, and the rooms have been whitewashed
and cleansed.
King's-arms-court, Princes-row West, No. 1. Infected
with scarlet fever. Rooms dirty. A notice was served on
April 29th, and the rooms have been whitewashed and
cleansed.
The following houses were infected with scarlet fever,
namely:—Wilton-terrace, No. 4; Wallar's-yard, No. 16;
Cambridge-street, No. 144; Queen-street, Pimlico, No. 31;
Susannah-place, Ebury-square, No. 2 ; Westbourne-street,
No. 36 ; Grosvenor-row, No. 24; West-street, Commercialroad,
No. 13; Stockbridge-terrace, No. 30; and Chapelhouse,
Little Charlotte-street, and were found clean.
Westmoreland-street, Pimlico, No. 18. Two young men,
employed in Westminster, were attacked with small pox.
The infected rooms were cleansed and limewhited.