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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) 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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By the courtesy of the Public Vaccinators, I am enabled to give the following return of the numbers of persons Vaccinated or Re-vaccinated by them during the year 1876.
| District. | Vaccinator. | Vaccinations. | Ra-Vaccinationn. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover Square and May fair | Mr. E. D. Jay | 167 | 5 | 172 |
| Belgraria | Dr. E. L. Webb | 474 | 74 | 548 |
| Knightsbridge | Mr. G.H. Pedler | 74 | 0 | 74 |
| 715 | 79 | 794 |
The number of complaints (not including dust complaints)
was fewer than in 1875, and the number of
nuisances attended to also fewer, but the number of disinfections
after cases of infectious disease, and of articles
disinfected at the hot-air chamber was very much greater,
chiefly on account of the large number of cases of smallpox.
Although 56 notices were served, it was only necessary
to take out one summons; this was against the owner of a
house the drains of which were in so deficient a state that
they produced a nuisance both in the house itself and in the
neighbouring house. The owner was summoned for noncompliance
with the order, and the case was proved to the
satisfaction of the magistrate, who made an order for a new
drain to be laid throughout, and for the defendant to pay all
the costs.
Early in 1876 I made a special Report on the condition
Table VI.
| Total number of complaints | 311 |
| Notices served | 56 |
| Houses and premises limewhited and general repairs | 45 |
| Houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 148 |