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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Traps supplied 25
New water-closets 6
Dead dogs, &c., removed 1
Dead body removed 1
Dead mice under floor removed 2
Dung-heaps removed 7
Dung-pits cleansed 4
Dung removed from cow-yards 1
Old brick drains broken up and pipes laid
down 9
Drains cleansed and repaired 19
Pipe-drains cemented 1
Damp foundations (no remedy) 3
Dust-pits rebuilt or repaired 17
Yard paved 3
Gully cleansed or repaired 3
Slops emptied (offenders threatened) 1
Complaints without foundation 3
Public sewer repaired 1
Rain water-pipe repaired 1
Houses repaired by police 3
Cesspool abolished 2
Offensive dust removed 1
Stable drained by pipe 1
New boiler or repaired 2
Slaughter-houses lime washed 2
Number of Notices served 48
special cases.
The following may be quoted as an instance of the
necessity of some system of inspection of the dwellings
of the working classes. Whilst making a round of visits