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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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Urinals cleansed2
Rubbish removed4
Legal proceedings2
Notices served44

APPENDIX. No. III.
special cases.
Nos. 1 to 9, King-street, Pimlico.—The top floor of each
staircase, and the front room of No. 2, on the first floor dirty.
At No. 3 the back room on the first floor, at No. 7 the back
parlour, at No. 8 the back room on first floor, and at No. 9 the
parlour, dirty. The water-butts, wash-houses, and waterclosets
dirty. The rooms, with the staircases, have been
whitewashed and cleansed; the yards, wash-houses, and
water-closets limewashed, and the water-butts cleansed and
pitched.
Nos. 1 to 12, Princes'-row, West, Pimlico.—This is a
very filthy place, chiefly inhabited by Irish. Each house
was dirty throughout: yards, wash-houses, and water-closets,
with the water-butts, very dirty; the supply pipes to the
water-closets out of repair, and the wall opposite to Nos. 1,
2, and 3, dangerous. Each house has been whitewashed and
cleansed throughout, and the yards and wash-houses limewashed.
The water-butts have been cleansed and pitched
inside, the water supply-pipes to the closets rectified, and the
wall repaired.
Nos. 1 and 2, Clifford's-row, Pimlico.—Dirty and dilapidated
throughout. These houses have undergone a similar
process in addition to repairs.
Nos. 1 to 3, King's-arms-court, Pimlico.—Ditto, in addition
to repairing the water-butts.