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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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CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, we venture to believe that our labours
are slowly working great good. The number of instances of
dwellings, even of the most respectable class, exposed to sewer
vapours, is steadily decreasing; nuisances of all sorts are kept
under ; no epidemic disease is allowed to acquire dangerous proportions
; crowding is abated; and with the reconstruction of
dwellings, with the increased habits of cleanliness, and with the
religious sense of the value of life and health in which the
younger population is educated, we believe that our Parish will
keep its ancient reputation as one of the healthiest in London.
C. J. B. Aldis, M.P.
R. Druitt.
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