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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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SANITARY WORK.
The nutnber of complaints entered in the Inspector's Report
Book, between March 30th, 1863, and April 2nd, 1864, is 717, of
which 298 relate to premises in the Hanover and Mayfair, and
424 to the Belgrave Sub-Districts. The number of notices served
has been 141. The number of premises to which they refer is 536
in the Belgrave and 337 in the Hanover and Mayfair Districts.
The number of summonses taken out has been 5, besides 1 for
vaccination.
Mr. Grant reports that there are 37 slaughter-houses, 20 bowyards,
40 marine store dealers, and 96 bake-houses in the parish.
The Sanitary Improvements in the Parish, between March 30th, 1863, and April 2nd, 1864, inclusive, are shown in the following Table, compiled from the Nuisances' Complaint Book, kept by Mr. Grant:—
| No. of oaies. | |
|---|---|
| Dilapidated and shut up as unfit for human habitation | 2 |
| Repaired, whitewashed, and cleansed | 275 |
| Extra supply of water laid on | 4 |
| Overcrowding abated | 1 |
| Ash-pits erected | 7 |
| Ash-pits repaired or covered | 2 |
| Water-butts or cisterns cleansed, covered, or repaired | 4 |
| New water receptacles erected | 7 |
| Leakage from water-pipes or cisterns of adjoining premises | 24 |
| Leakage from drains of adjoining premises, gullies in streets, or sewers | 8 |
| Houses without drainage, but since drained by pipes | 1 |
| Cesspools abolished | 13 |
| Old brick-drains broken up and pipe-drains laid down | 47 |
| Drains and water-closets cleansed and repaired | 103 |
| Extra water-closets erected | 8 |
| Common privies abolished and new water-closets constructed | 9 |
| Drains and sinks trapped | 29 |
| Dwellings extra ventilated | 12 |
| Old public sewers repaired under dwellings Stables. | 1 |
| Cleansed and repaired with rooms over | 4 |
| Cesspools abolished | 13 |
| Yards paved, &c | 4 |
| Old brick-drains broken up and pipe-drains laid down | 8 |
| Without water-closets, but drained water-closets since erected | 5 |
| Without water-closets or drainage, since drained by pipe-drains and water-closets erected | 2 |
| Inlets to drains trapped | 4 |
| Drained by pipe-drains, water-closets not required | 4 |
| Extra ventilated | 1 |
| Drains cleansed and repaired | 10 |