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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Ditto from the drains of adjoining houses . 7
Ditto from street gully 1
Ditto from kitchen boiler 1
Damp foundations 3
Offensive gullies 3
Nuisance in slaughter-house I
Stables not drained 1
Frivolous complaints 1
Dung-heaps complained of 8
Water-butts dirty 10
Dead dogs and cats 2
Dead body 1
Houses dirty 18
Sinks untrapped 9
No dust-pit 8
No traps 13
No water to closet 8
Water-closet dirty 1
Ditto out of repair 11
Slops emptied into streets 1
Overcrowding 1
Defective ventilation 4
Smoke nuisance 1
Pipe drains loosely laid 1
Old sewer under a house 1
Dangerous houses reported to police 3
work done.
Houses white-washed cleansed or repaired 27
Ditto ventilated 2
Water laid on to closet 9
Water-closets cleansed or repaired 14
Water-butts cleansed or covered 10