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Hanover Square 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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was probably introduced from South Street Schools, in
spite of the fact that none of the 260 scholars in those
schools were attacked by it except those living in Bourdon
Buildings.
These buildings have been for years past exceptionally
healthy, only one case of infectious disease having been
reported in them during the last 10 years. The sanitary
arrangements of the buildings are good, but admitted of
some slight improvements, which have been carried out at
my suggestion.
Public Health (London) Act.
I submitted to the Vestry a special report on this Act,
which came into operation on the 1st of January, 1892.
Sanitary Work.
For the year Ending March 31st, 1892.
The following tables have been compiled for me by Mr.
Albert Taylor, your Chief Sanitary Inspector, from his
Report Book:—
Table VI.
| Houses and Premises inspected | 867 |
| „ ,, „ reinspected | 2,080 |
| References to Surveyor | 43 |
| Notices issued | 293 |
| Summonses taken out | 0 |
Table VIa.
| Soil Pipes ventilated | 65 |
| Bath, Sink and other waste pipes disconnected | 139 |
| Drains unstopped or repaired | 111 |
| Old brick drains abolished and pipes substituted | 164 |
| New trapped gullies fixed | 263 |