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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Offensive effluvia 8
Houses dirty and dilapidated 7
No dust-pits 1
No water supply 1
Water-closets out of order 6
Inhabited stable without water-closet 1
Dampness 1
Dampness from defective boiler 1
Overcrowding 2
Stables dirty 3
Dung-heaps complained of 13
Escape from gas-main 1
Offensive urinal 1
Ventilator of sewer complained of 1
Rubbish, dust, dead dogs, and stinking fish 10
Slaughter-houses dirty 3
Offensive gullies 10
Cow-houses offensive 2
Offensive rabbits 1
Smoke 1
WORK DONE.
Houses cleansed and repaired 18
Ditto newly drained by pipes 6
Water-closets and soil-pipes repaired or cleansed 4
Old rotten brick drains replaced by pipes 7
Sewer repaired 1
Gullies cleansed 9
Traps supplied 1
Stables cleansed 3
Ditto newly drained by pipes 1
Dampness from foundation without remedy 1
Cow-house cleansed 1
Escape from gas-main remedied 2
Overcrowding 2
Cistern repaired 1
Dust-pits covered 2