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Hanover Square 1866

[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.

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

1866.Total Impurity in grains per gallon.Organic, &c.
January19.79 grs.0.93
February20.510.64
March9.990.41

APPENDIX. No. II.
The following table refers to cases dealt with by the
Nuisances Removal Committee, during the quarter ending
March 31,1866.
Houses reported by Medical Officers of Health
in consequence of illness or nuisance 43
Viz. for scarlet fever 3
diphtheria2
diarrhoea1
typhus fever 13
measles 12
In-wards 1
small-pox 3
Out-wards 2
chicken-pox 1
Houses and other premises reported by Inspector
105
Ditto by inhabitants 70
Total 218