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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work done.
| Houses cleansed in consequence of illness | 18 |
| Houses cleansed and repaired | 6 |
| Water-closets and soil-pipes repaired or cleansed | 3 |
| Drains cleansed, repaired, &c | 28 |
| Old rotten brick-drains replaced by pipes . . | 5 |
| Traps supplied | 4 |
| New cistern erected | 1 |
| Cistern repaired | 1 |
| Common privy abolished | 1 |
| New water-closets erected | 5 |
| Leakages remedied | 5 |
| Cesspool abolished | 1 |
| Over-crowding abated | 2 |
| Gas pipes repaired | 1 |
| Offensive mud removed from water in Hyde-park | 1 |
| Basement and yard cleansed | 2 |
| Water supplied on Sundays | 1 |
| Cow-yard cleansed | 1 |
| Stables newly drained | 7 |
| Gullies cleansed and repaired | 10 |
| Stable-yard cleansed and re-paved | 1 |
| Urinal removed | 1 |
| Dung nuisance abated | 2 |
| Inhabited stable cleansed | 1 |
| Rubbish removed | 1 |
| Dogs and rabbits removed | 2 |
| Summons | 5 |
| Magistrate's order granted | 2 |
| Notices served | 31 |