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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 1864
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Drains cleansed and repaired
Houses shut up
Cesspools abolished
Water-closets and soil-pipes repaired
Water-closets erected
Water laid on to closet
Traps and sinks remedied
Dung nuisance abated
Yard cleansed, paved, &c
Leakage remedied
Overcrowding abated ; families removed
Offensive rubbish removed
Pigs removed from yard
Smoke nuisance abated
Dung-pit removed
Gullies cleansed
Unwholesome sleeping apartment discontinued
Dangerous premises reported to the police
Horse removed from an undrained shed
Number of Notices served
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APPENDIX No. HI.
SPECIAL CASKS.
1. No. 3,SteeVs-court, Lee's-mews.—When a house,or set of
houses, continues unhealthy spite of white-washing, cleansing,
and the removal of whatever nuisances are apparent, further
search at some future time is sure to explain the mystery.
In the case of this court, the main drain leading from it had