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 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Houses reported by Medical Officers of Health
| in consequence of illness or nuisance | 86 | |
| Viz. for scarlet fever | 14 | |
| diphtheria | 8 | |
| typhus fever | 15 | |
| measles | 26 | |
| small-pox | In-wards 41 | 11 |
| Out-wards 7 | ||
| cholera | 1 | |
| chicken-pox | 1 | |
| diarrhoea | 3 | |
| Houses and other premises reported by Inspector | 136 | |
| Ditto by inhabitants | 53 | |
| Total | 275 | |
nature op nuisance complained op.
| Drains obstructed or defective | 56 |
| Leakage of offensive water | 5 |
| Leakage of water, damp foundations | 7 |
| Overflow of pipes, gutters, &c | 1 |
| Traps wanted | 1 |
| Cesspools | 3 |
| Yards dirty, ill-paved, &c | 3 |
| Offensive effluvia | 2 |
| Houses dirty and dilapidated | 79 |
| Dust-pit offensive | 1 |
| Water-closets out of order | 2 |
| Common privy | 2 |
| Stable without drainage | 1 |
| Inhabited stables dirty, ill-drained, no traps, &c. | 3 |
| Stables—drains obstructed | 3 |
| Dung-heaps complained of | 16 |