London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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) 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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| Old brick drains abolished, and glazed stone-ware pipes substituted | 19 |
| New drains constructed | 5 |
| Drains unstopped and repaired | 58 |
| Drains trapped and ventilated, sinks repaired, &c. | 55 |
| Closets supplied with water | 109 |
| Closets unstopped and repaired | 48 |
| Roofs repaired | 42 |
| New dust bins provided | 2 |
| Dust bins renewed, repaired, new covers, &c. | 67 |
| Cisterns repaired, new covers, &c. | 16 |
| Waste pipes disconnected | 18 |
| Removal of animals improperly kept (cases of) | 9 |
| Meat, fish, &c., condemned (cases of) | 14 |
| Overcrowding abated | 9 |
| Cesspools abolished | 3 |
| Accumulation of dung, straw, &c., removed | 66 |
| Various nuisances removed | 114 |
| No cause for complaint on inspection | 67 |
| Legal proceedings taken | 1 |
| Cases could not assist | 16 |
| Cases referred to Surveyor | 26 |
| Cases referred to Police | 7 |
| Bake-houses in the Parish | 72 |
| Licensed cow-sheds | 7 |
| Licensed slaughter-houses | 12 |
| Cases removed to Hospitals | 66 |
| Inspection of houses after cases of infectious diseases, viz.— | |
| Typhoid and low fever | 28 |
| Typhus fever | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 53 |
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