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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) 1888

[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., from1st April, 1888, to31st March, 1889.

Table VI.

Various kinds of Complaints of Nuisances, &c., from1st April, 1888, to31st March, 1889.

Total number of Complaints528
Notices served73
Houses and premises limewhited78
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases85
Old brick drains abolished, and pipes substituted26
New drains constructed11
Drains unstopped and repaired46
Drains trapped and ventilated, sinks disconnected, &c.101
Closets supplied with water and repaired38
Closets unstopped and repaired50
New Closets provided25
Roofs repaired6
New dustbins provided11
Dustbins renewed, repaired, new covers, &c.13
New Cisterns provided12
Cisterns repaired, new covers, &c.15
Waste-pipes disconnected54
Removal of animals improperly kept2
Meat, Fish, &c., condemned (cases of)2
Overcrowding abated3
Cesspools abolished8
Accumulation of dung, straw, &c., removed27
Various nuisances removed122
No cause for complaint38
Legal proceedings taken3
Cases could not assist3
Cases referred to Surveyor13
Cases referred to Police0
Licensed cow-houses4
Licensed slaughter-houses5
Cases removed to Hospitals88
Inspection of Houses after cases of infectious diseases, viz.:—
Small Pox0
Scarlet Fever55
Typhoid and Low Fever8
Typhus Fever0
Diphtheria84