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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. II.
The following table refers to cases dealt with by the
Nuisances Removal Committee, during the quarter ending
December 27, 1862.
Houses reported by Medical Officers of
Health in consequence of illness or nuisance
85
Of these there were reported for scarlet fever 35
„ „ diphtheria 8
„ „ typhus fever 13
„ „ choleraic diarrhoea 3
,, „ diarrhoea 7
„ „ small-pox 5
Houses and other premises reported by Inspector
85
Ditto by inhabitants 55
nature of nuisance complained of.
Drains obstructed 9
Ditto defective 14
Cesspools abolished 2
Yard dirty 1
Non-removal of dung from cow-yard 44
Dung-pit 2
Dung-pit out of repair 1
Cow-house unlicensed 1
Dust-pits 10
Stagnant water 2
Leakage of water from the sewer 1
Ditto from a cistern 3