Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 June 27th, 1863.
Houses reported by Medical Officers of Health in consequence of illness or nuisance | 181 |
Of these there were reported for scarlet fever | 8 |
diphtheria | |
typhus fever | 12 |
measles | 2 |
diarrhœa | 2 |
small-pox | 140 |
Houses and other premises reported by Inspector | 38 |
Ditto by inhabitants | 57 |
Drains obstructed | 25 |
Ditto defective | 13 |
Cesspools | 4 |
Yards dirty | 20 |
Stagnant water in yards | 8 |
Stables without drainage | 2 |
Obstructed sewer | 1 |
Deficient water supply | 4 |
No cistern | 1 |
Stagnant water in mews | 1 |
Leakage of water | 2 |