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]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
Ditto from a cistern | 2 |
Ditto from stables | 1 |
Ditto from sewer | 1 |
Ditto from the drains of adjoining houses . | 2 |
Ditto from water-closet | 1 |
Ditto from kitchen boiler | 1 |
Dampness from water supply | 1 |
Damp foundations | 7 |
Defective condition of rain-water pipe | 2 |
Deficient water supply | 4 |
Mews dirty | 2 |
Dilapidated houses | 2 |
Offensive grain pits in cow-yards | 1 |
Common privy without drainage | 1 |
Gullies obstructed | 3 |
Offensive ventilator over sewer | 1 |
Vaults dirty | 1 |
Public nuisances | 2 |
Dung-pits | 3 |
Dung-heaps complained of | 7 |
Heap of decomposed fish | 1 |
Water-butts dirty | 3 |
Ditto uncovered | 4 |
Wash-houses dirty | 4 |
Houses and rooms dirty | 44 |
Ditto unfit for human habitation | 1 |
Dust-pits | 1 |
No dust-pit | 1 |
Dust-pits uncovered | 1 |
No traps | 11 |
No water to closet | 3 |
Water-closet dirty | 10 |
No water-closet | 1 |