London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hanover Square 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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NATURE OF THINGS COMPLAINED OF, OR WORK
EFFECTED.
Obstructed drains cleansed or repaired 39
Ditto in cow-yard 1
Cesspools abolished 5
Ditto in stable-yard abolished 2
Slops thrown into gutters, &c. 1
Traps supplied 48
House ventilated 1
Dung removed, dung pits cleansed, &c. 15
Dung nuisances in cow-yards I
Cow-houses cleansed 4
Lead works 1
New water-closets erected 6
Water-closets repaired 11
Water laid on to closets 1
Old privies abolished 1
Dangerous structures 2
New pipe drainage laid down 12
Stable drains repaired 1
Ditto drained and cleansed 7
Water laid on 1
Cistern and water apparatus repaired 7
Houses wholly or partially whitewashed and
cleansed 60
Dust pits erected or repaired 3
Ditto covered or repaired 1
Urinals complained of 4
Public nuisance 1
Gas pipe repaired 1
Gully 1