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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| Offensive urinals | 2 |
| Rubbish, dust, dead dogs, and stinking fish | 4 |
| Live dogs and cats offensive | 2 |
| Offensive gullies, or obstructed | 3 |
| Nuisance complained of in cow-yard | 1 |
| Marine store dealers dirty | 2 |
| Slops thrown into gutters | 1 |
work done.
| Houses cleansed in consequence of illness | 87 |
| Ditto newly drained by pipes | 7 |
| Water-closets and soil-pipes repaired or cleansed | 2 |
| Drains cleansed, repaired, &c | 54 |
| Traps supplied | 2 |
| Gullies cleansed and repaired | 7 |
| Gutters cleansed | 1 |
| Stables cleansed, &c | 2 |
| Rain-water pipes repaired | 1 |
| Dust-pits cleansed | 1 |
| Marine store dealer's cleansed | 1 |
| Yard cleansed | 2 |
| New water-closet erected | 6 |
| Common privy abolished | 1 |
| Paving of cow-house repaired | 1 |
| Yard paved | 1 |
| New pipes laid down | 1 |
| Dangerous house reported to the police . | 1 |
| New sewer constructed | 1 |
| Dung nuisance abated | 13 |
| Leakage remedied | 10 |
| Cesspools abolished | 3 |
| Stable containing 43 horses newly drained by pipes | 1 |