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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 1863
[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 refers to cases dealt with by th
Nuisances Removal Committee during the quarter.
Houses reported by Medical Officers of
Health in consequence of illness or nuisance
77
Ditto by Inspector 30
Ditto by inhabitants 37
nature of nuisance complained of.
Drains obstructed 18
Ditto old brick, defective 9
Sewers obstructed 2
Houses dirty 13
Ditto badly ventilated 3
Yards dirty, ill-paved, or not drained 3
Offensive earth under floor 1
Cesspools 5
Old privies 3
Water-closets dirty, out of repair, or no
water 15
Want of traps 6
Dust-pit, none, or bad 2
Damp foundations from springs 2
Leakages from cisterns 3
Ditto drains of adjoining houses 2
Ditto kitchen boilers 2
Rain water-pipe obstructed 1
Water-pipe leaky