London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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| New Water Closets fixed | 148 |
| New Water Waste Preventer Cisterns fixed | 219 |
| Water Store Cisterns cleaned and repaired | 42 |
| Houses provided with drinking water | 15 |
| Water Supply of W.C.'s separated from drinking water | 48 |
| Ashpits and dustbins repaired | 28 |
| New moveable dustbins provided | 16 |
| Yard surfaces paved or repaired | 27 |
| Cesspools abolished | 8 |
| Overcrowding abated | 8 |
| Houses and premises cleansed | 22 |
| Roofs and rain water.pipes repaired | 23 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 49 |
| Dung.pits abolished and moveable wire cages substituted | 16 |
| Nuisances from the keeping of animals | 12 |
| Miscellaneous nuisances | 78 |
| Total | 1,492 |
Drains tested and found defective 73
„ ,, ,, ,, satisfactory 12
,, of new premises superintended and tested 57
A great many more notices were served than in 1890.
It was not, however, necessary to take legal proceedings in
any case to enforce the abatement of a nuisance.
Table VIb.
| Infectious Diseases and Disinfection. | ||
| Number of infectious cases reported | 289 | |
| Do. medical certificates received | 338 | |
| Do. houses in which infectious disease occurred | 261 | |
| Do. patients removed to the hospitals | 159 | |
| Do. houses disinfected | 192 | |
| Do. rooms disinfected | 239 | |
| Do. articles of clothing, bedding, &c., disinfected | 1954 | |