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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 table refers to cases dealt with by the
Nuisances Removal Committee during the quarter ending
September 26th, 1863.
Premises reported by Medical Officers of
Health in consequence of illness or nuisance
110
Of these there were reported for scarlet fever 9
„ „ diphtheria 3
„ „ fever 6
„ „ measles 2
„ „ diarrhoea 17
fin-Wards 43
„ „ small-pox
Belgrave 23
Houses and other premises reported by Inspector
104
Ditto by inhabitants 41
nature op nuisance complained op.
Drains obstructed 23
Ditto defective 8
Cesspools 3
Stables without drainage 1
Leakage from a cistern 11
Ditto from sewer 1
Dampness 1