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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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season, when there is great difficulty in getting rid of the
dung, because the farmers are too busy to fetch it away.
There are now only about a dozen known sunken dung
pits in the whole Parish, as the rest have been abolished,
and metal cages substituted, 332 having been provided
during the past year.
Table XIV.
Infectious Diseases and Disinfection.
| 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infectious cases reported | 541 | 851 | 5831 | 504 |
| Medical certificates received | 636 | 950 | 633* | 567 |
| Certificates of infectious cases sent to School Teachers | 104 | 276 | 210 | 294 |
| Houses in which infectious disease occurred | 510 | 745 | 506 | 453 |
| Visits made to infected houses | — | 2,405 | 1,196 | 1,158 |
| Patients removed to the Hospitals | 349 | 462 | 348 | 373 |
| Houses disinfected | 431 | 632 | 363 | 370 |
| Rooms disinfected | 472 | 676 | 420 | 404 |
| Articles of clothing, bedding, &c., disinfected | 5,556 | 11,352 | 8,630 | 6,183 |
Certificates are now sent to the Head Teachers of Schools
after disinfection has been carried out in houses where there
are children who go to school, so that the Head Teachers
may know when to re-admit the children from those houses.
Similar notices were sent to the Chief Librarian of the
Public Libraries belonging to the Vestry to prevent the
issue of books to infected houses.
The Public Shelter, provided by the Vestry for housing
families temporarily displaced during the disinfection of
their homes, and bedding, has been occupied once during
the year.
*Including Diarrhoea in August and September.