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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
St George (Westminster) 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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| Street gullies trapped on account of bad smells | 15 |
| Cases removed to hospitals | 3 |
| Old people living in filthy rooms removed . | 2 |
| Inspections of houses after cases of typhoid and low fever | 20 |
| Legal proceedings taken | 2 |
| Accumulations of dung, straw, &c., removed | 24 |
| Bake-houses in the Parish | 74 |
| Licensed cow-houses | 8 |
| Licensed slaughter-houses | 19 |
The articles disinfected in the hot-air disinfecting
chamber belonging to the Parish, were as follows:—
63 Beds 38 Bolsters
27 Mattrasses 113 Pillows
20 Paillasses 30 Carpets
53 Quilts 13 Hearth-rugs
100 Blankets 19 Curtains
67 Sheets
And a large number of articles of clothing.
In the majority of instances in which houses, where
there had been cases of typhoid fever (and low fever), were
examined, sanitary defects were found and remedied, the
commonest one being one alluded to in previous Reports,
viz., the connexion of the waste pipe of the cistern with the
house drain.
On the outbreak of scarlet fever taking place, I prepared
a list of directions for the prevention of its spread,
and the Committee ordered them to be printed and distributed.
This was done, and copies can be obtained from the
Sanitary Inspector.