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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 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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In the above places thirty children were found who were not
vaccinated; but only about half were of the age prescribed by
law.
Displacement of Population in Pimlico.
We referred to this in our Report, No. XXVIII., dated 1st
October, 1864. According to the doctrines we have laid down,
the nominal healthiness of a parish must increase, or in other
words, its death-rate be diminished, by any substitution of a
higher for a lower class of inhabitants. On the other hand, by a
reconstruction of the dwellings of the lower orders in straight,
open, symmetrical blocks, in long lines such as the sun and wind
can sweep with no cuts de sac, not a poor man need be displaced
from the parish, and with the same population there would be a
lesser death-rate. The following houses and population, according
to the Census 1861, are those in the vicinity of the Victoria
Terminus, which have been or are likely to be displaced:—
| Street. | No. of Houues. | Class. | Families. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Under 15. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Eaton-st. | 33 all ex- cept 17 | second | 48 | 92 | 148 | 250 | 41 | |
| Grosvenor-st. West | 17, one side | first | about 30 | 50 | 64 | 110 | 19 | |
| Upper Ranelagh-st | 3 | second | 3 | 11 | 13 | 24 | ||
| Ranelagh-place | 15 | third | 46 | 109 | 97 | 200 | 77 artizans.&c. | |
| Ranelagh-mews | 6 | third | 17 | 40 | 40 | 31 do. | ||
| LowerGrosvenor-pl. | 11 | first | 10 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 7 | |
| Arabella-row | 1. No. 10 | second | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | |
| Eaton-lane North J | 1 to 13 | third | 21 | 42 | 55 | 77 | 29 | artizans |
| 14 to 22 | 24 | 52 | 53 | 105 | 33 | |||
| Lower Eaton-street | 1 to 15 | second | 21 | 50 | 76 | 120 | 27 | |
| : 16 to 30 | 23 | 49 | 79 | 128 | 24 | |||
| Victoria-road | 21 and 32 | second | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | |
| Eaton-lane South | 4 | third | 11 | 24 | 52 | 21 artizans.&c. | ||
| Bramah's Cottages | 3 | |||||||
| Belgrave-st.South & Lower Belgrave-pl. | 6 | second | ||||||
| Eaton-court | 17 | third | 37 | 88 | 92 | 180 | 42 | labourers |
| Roger's-court | 5 | third | 6 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 10 | do. |
| Ranelagh-street— | ||||||||
| Nos. 1 to 6 | 5 | second | 10 | 20 | 24 | 45 | 7 | |
| 7 to 29 | 12 | second | 25 | 54 | 79 | 133 | 33 | |
| 22 to 35 | 13 | second | 36 | 90 | 93 | 183 | 54 | |
Sanitary Work.
The number of complaints entered in the Inspector's Report
Book, between April '2nd, 1864, and April 1st, 1865, is 658, of
which 253 relate to premises in the Hanover and May-fair, and
400 to the Belgrave Sub-Districts. The number of notices served
has been 105. The number of premises to which they refer is 510
in the Belgrave and 311 in the Hanover and May-fair Districts.
The number of summonses taken out has been 3.