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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
Hanover Square 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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Diarrhœa.—No less than 44 deaths were registered from
this disease in 1884, being a larger number than any recorded
since 1878, but still only a little above the annual average.
No death from English Cholera or Choleraic Diarrhoea
was registered.
Small Pox in London.
The number of deaths from Small Pox in London,
which had been 2,371 in 1881, 431 in 1882, and 134
in 1883, rose to 913 in the 53 weeks of 1884.
Sanitary Work.
For the Tear ending March 31st, 1885.
The following Table has been compiled for me by Mr.
Joseph Snook, your Sanitary Inspector, from the Report
Book:—
Table VI.
| Total number of Complaints | 619 |
| Notices served | 112 |
| Houses and premises limewhited | 63 |
| Houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 114 |
| Old brick drains abolished, and glazed stoneware pipes substituted | 29 |
| New drains constructed | 17 |
| Drains unstopped and repaired | 72 |
| Drains trapped and ventilated, sinks disconnected, &c. | 73 |
| Closets supplied with water and repaired . | 27 |
| Closets unstopped | 63 |
| Roofs repaired | 1 |