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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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APPENDIX. No. L
WATER
An analysis of the water supplied by the Chelsea
Company, and taken from the main at Chapel-street,
Belgrave-square, July 17th, 1862,produced per gallon:—
Total impurity 19.88 grains.
Organic ditto 1.60 „
August 17, 1862 Total impurity 17.68 „
Organic ditto 68 „
Sept. 17, 1862. Total impurity 16.16 „
Organic ditto 80 ,,
C. J. B. A.
APPENDIX. No. II.
The following table refers to cases dealt with by the
Nuisances Removal Committee at their meetings in July
and August. No meeting was held in September.
Houses reported by Medical Officers of
Health in consequence of illness or nuisance
62
Of these there were reported for scarlet fever 27
,, „ diphtheria 3
„ „ typhus fever 6
,, „ cholera 1
„ „ diarrhoea 13
„ „ measles 1