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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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APPENDIX. No. I.
WATER.
The Water supplied by the Chelsea Company, and taken
from the main at Chapel-street, Belgrave-square—
Total Impurity
1864. in grains per gallon. Organic ditto.
January 17 21.84 2.64
February 17 19.80 1.56
March 17 20.40 3.04
C. J. B. A.
APPENDIX. No. II.
The following table refers to cases dealt with by the
Nuisances Removal Committee, during the quarter ending
April 2nd, 1864.
Houses reported by Medical Officers of Health
in consequence of illness or nuisance 40
Viz. for scarlet fever 16
diphtheria 2
typhus fever 1
measles 1
diarrhæa 1
small-pox 13
Houses and other premises reported by Inspector
80
Ditto by inhabitants 45
Total 165