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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APPENDIX. No. IV.
SUMMARY OP SANITARY OPERATIONS DURING THE
QUARTER.
The entire number of cases of Nuisance in the Complainants'
Book during the quarter is 133, of which 52
were reported by the Medical Officers of Health, 25 by
the Inspector, and 58 by the inhabitants.
Houses reported by the Medical Officers of
Health, and submitted to careful inspection
in consequence of illness 49
Houses reported on account of defective
drainage 30
Ditto, want of ventilation 1
Ditto, cesspools 4
Ditto, effluvia 6
Ditto, gullies 3
Ditto, basement flooded with sewage 3
Ditto, on account of overcrowding 1
Ditto, being dirty 11
Ditto, dangerous 1
Ditto, leakage 5
Rubbish removed 3
Dung 4
Cowyards 2
Gas 3
Unwholesome food 1
Urinal 1
Miscellaneous 3
P'gs 1
Slaughter-house 1
We subjoin, as in the last Report, the particulars of a
few cases of interest, especially those in which legal proceedings
were taken or threatened.
Shepherd's-market, No. 2. The owner of this house