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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 1886

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Table: TABLE VI.Various kinds of Complaints of Nuisances, &c., fromlstApril,1885,to31stMarch,1886.

TABLE VI.

Various kinds of Complaints of Nuisances, &c., fromlstApril,1885,to31stMarch,1886.

Total number of Complaints460
Notices served47
Houses and premises limewhited49
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases74
Old brick drains abolished, and pipes substituted18
New drains constructed -8
Drains unstopped and repaired45
Drains trapped and ventilated, sinks disconnected, &c.57
Closets supplied with water -37
Closets unstopped and repaired42
Roofs repaired7
New dustbins provided5
Dustbins renewed, repaired, new covers, &c.18
New cisterns provided -11
Waste pipes disconnected34
Removal of animals improperly kept2
Meat, fish, &c., condemned (cases of)1
Overcrowding abated2
Cesspools abolished7
Accumulation of dung, straw, &c., removed22
Various nuisances removed56
No cause for complaint23
Legal proceedings taken0
Cases could not assist7
Cases referred to Surveyor12
Cases referred to Police3
Licensed cow-houses4
Licensed slaughter-houses7