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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CONTENTS. iii
Annual Report (continued) PAGB
Burial Board 50
Renumbering Houses 50
Water Companies' Accounts 50
Charities 51
Sanitary Report 51
Disorderly Houses 51
Applications to Metropolitan Board of Works 52
Applications to Vestry 52
List of Authorities paying for Management, &c.,
of Roadways 52
List of Duties 53
Resolutions of an Active Character 53
List of Charities 59
Lyon's Estate Charity 59
General Steuart's Charity 59
Wilkins' and Teage's Charity 60
H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester's Charity 60
Tomlinson's Charity 61
William Terwin's Charity 62
Mrs. Nasmyth's Charity 62
Pest House Charity 63
Samaritan Fund 66
Trinity Chapel Site Charity 67
Surveyor's Report 71
Maintenance of Roads 71
The Steam Roller 73
Wood Pavement 73
Maintenance of Footways and Carriageways 78
Masons' Works 79
Paviors' Works 80
Lighting 81
Thames Embankment 83
Cleansing, Sweeping, &c. 83
Stock of Plant and Materials 85
Horses 85
Stable Arrangements 86
Sewers 87
Summary of ExpenditureforGeneral Works, &c. 88
Medical Officer's Report 91
Mean Duration of Life 99
Deaths from Infectious Disease for past 10 years 100
Small-pox in London 102
Sanitary Work 103