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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Table VI.
Total number of Complaints | 528 |
Notices served | 73 |
Houses and premises limewhited | 78 |
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 85 |
Old brick drains abolished, and pipes substituted | 26 |
New drains constructed | 11 |
Drains unstopped and repaired | 46 |
Drains trapped and ventilated, sinks disconnected, &c. | 101 |
Closets supplied with water and repaired | 38 |
Closets unstopped and repaired | 50 |
New Closets provided | 25 |
Roofs repaired | 6 |
New dustbins provided | 11 |
Dustbins renewed, repaired, new covers, &c. | 13 |
New Cisterns provided | 12 |
Cisterns repaired, new covers, &c. | 15 |
Waste-pipes disconnected | 54 |
Removal of animals improperly kept | 2 |
Meat, Fish, &c., condemned (cases of) | 2 |
Overcrowding abated | 3 |
Cesspools abolished | 8 |
Accumulation of dung, straw, &c., removed | 27 |
Various nuisances removed | 122 |
No cause for complaint | 38 |
Legal proceedings taken | 3 |
Cases could not assist | 3 |
Cases referred to Surveyor | 13 |
Cases referred to Police | 0 |
Licensed cow-houses | 4 |
Licensed slaughter-houses | 5 |
Cases removed to Hospitals | 88 |
Inspection of Houses after cases of infectious diseases, viz.:— | |
Small Pox | 0 |
Scarlet Fever | 55 |
Typhoid and Low Fever | 8 |
Typhus Fever | 0 |
Diphtheria | 84 |