London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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nature op nuisance complained of.
Drains obstructed 5
Ditto defective 19
Houses without drains 1
Cesspools 3
Yard dirty 1
Offensive water 1
Leakage of water 12
Cistern dirty 1
Defective state of boiler 1
Offensive effluvia 18
Ditto from gas-main 1
Ditto from gas-pipe 1
Stables dirty 3
Ditto without drainage 1
Ditto inhabited with defective drainage 1
Dung-heaps complained of 3
Houses dirty 16
No dust-pits 2
No traps 1
No water supply 2
Water-closets out of order 8
Slops emptied down rain-water pipe 2
Overcrowding 2
Defective ventilation 1
Urinal 1
Premises dangerous 2
work done.
Infected or dirty rooms cleansed 27
Ditto newly drained by pipes in lieu of old
brick drains 17