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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]
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The temporary shelter which the Vestry have provided
and furnished in the basement of the offices at No. 1,
Pimlico Road, for the use of persons compelled to leave
their houses during the process of disinfection after Infectious
disease, has been occupied three times since it was
open to the public.
Sanitary Work.
For the year Ending December 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 | 1,422 |
| „ ,, re-inspected | 3,449 |
| References to Surveyor | 62 |
| Notices issued (formal) | 172 |
| ,, (preliminary) | 769 |
| Summonses taken out | 1 |
Table VIa.
| Soil Pipes ventilated | 210 |
| Bath, Sink and other waste pipes disconnected | 411 |
| Drains unstopped or repaired | 282 |
| Old brick drains abolished and pipes substituted | 129 |
| New trapped gullies fixed | 762 |
| Water Closet apparatus cleaned and repaired | 143 |
| New Water Closets fixed | 637 |
| New Water Waste Preventer Cisterns fixed | 697 |
| Water Store Cisterns cleaned and repaired | 31 |
| Houses provided with drinking water | 9 |
| Water Supply of W.C.'s separated from drinking water | 84 |