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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nature of nuisance complained of.
Drains obstructed or defective | 25 |
Leakage of offensive water | 2 |
Leakage of water, damp foundations | 2 |
Overflow of pipes, gutters, &c | |
Cesspools | 2 |
Houses dirty or dilapidated | 62 |
No water supply | 1 |
Water-closets out of order | 4 |
Dung-heaps complained of | 13 |
Offensive urinal, or want of urinal | ' 3 |
Rubbish, dust, dead dogs, and stinking fish | 2 |
Offensive gullies, or obstructed | 2 |
Marine store dealer's dirty | 1 |
Want of traps | 7 |
Gas escape | 2 |
Kitchen illegally occupied | 1 |
Overcrowding | 1 |
Rabbits | 1 |
work done.
Houses cleansed in consequence of illness | 10 |
Houses cleansed and repaired because dirty | 45 |
Water-closets and soil-pipes repaired or cleansed | 4 |
Drains cleansed, repaired, &c | 15 |
Old rotten brick-drains replaced by pipes | 5 |
Kitchen disused as a sleeping apartment | 1 |
Traps supplied | 6 |
Marine store dealer's cleansed | 1 |
Ditto newly drained by pipes | 7 |