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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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APPENDIX. No. I.
WATER.

Table: The Water supplied by the Chelsea Company, and taken from the main at No. 1, Chester-terrace, Chester-square:—

The Water supplied by the Chelsea Company, and taken from the main at No. 1, Chester-terrace, Chester-square:—

1865.Total Impurity in grains per gallon.Organic, &c.
October16.7 grs.0.40
November20.750.73
December20.191.8

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APPENDIX. No. II.
The following table refers to cases dealt with by the
Nuisances Removal Committee, during the quarter ending
December 30, 1865.
Houses reported by Medical Officers of Health
in consequence of illness or nuisance 57
Viz. for scarlet fever 20
diphtheria 2
diarrhoea 4
typhus fever 16
measles 5
small-pox. Out-wards. 1
Houses and other premises reported by Inspector
75
Ditto by inhabitants 48
Total 180