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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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 |