Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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cough, 2 of croup, 129 of diarrhoea, 9 of dysentery, 28 of
continued fever, 46 of rheumatic fever, 25 of erysipelas, 8
of diphtheria, 1 of carbuncle, and 4 of ague, all of which
were non-parishioners at St. George's Hospital.
There were 492 cases of bronchitis, 22 of pleurisy, and
36 of pneumonia.
The following cases of small-pox occurred in the Belgrave
Sub-District:—
No. 56, Hindon-street. A boy, aged 3 years ; vaccinated.
No. 18, Hindon-street. A boy, aged 3 years; vaccinated.
Ditto. A boy, aged 5 months; unvaccinated.
No. 11, Little Ebury-street. A girl, aged 21; vaccinated.
No. 3,Gray's-inn-place. A girl, aged 2 years; unvaccinated.
No. 13, ditto. A girl, aged 4; vaccinated.
No. 13, ditto. A boy, aged 10; removed to the Smallpox
Hospital. 12 April.
No. 21, ditto. A child, aged 12; unvaccinated; and a
girl, aged 14 ; vaccinated.
No. 16, Spring-gardens. A child, aged 2; vaccinated.
No. 6a,Boyd's-gardens. Agirl,aged 6 months; vaccinated.
special cases.
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company. Stableyard,
Wilton-road.—The stables hold about 40 horses, and
the complaint was of effluvia from about 40 loads of dung.
A notice was served on March 22nd, and on April 3rd the
dung was removed and the yard cleansed. The nuisances
from accumulations of this kind are much less numerous
than they used to be, owing to the careful inspection of the
mews ; but here is produced a strong instance of the extent
to which neglect may be carried, and of the advantage of
having the means of getting rid of such a nuisance in a
summary manner, which formerly did not exist.