A cageless lavatory dispensing device comprising a hanger having a hook end adapted to be suspended from a part of a sanitary appliance, preferably the rim of a toilet bowl, a stalk depending from the hook end and a plate depending from the stalk, and a compressed solid block comprising at least one chemical agent adapted to be suspended within the interior of the sanitary appliance, wherein the compressed solid block comprises one or more chemical constituents such that when the compressed solid block is immersed, rinsed or washed with water, said chemical constituents are eluted or dissolved into said water and forms a treatment composition which provides a cleaning and/or sanitizing and/or disinfecting benefit to the toilet or other sanitary appliance, wherein the compressed solid block comprises at least one surfactant, the plate is planar, the compressed solid block is formed from a preform shape and is compressed upon the plate in order to enrobe or encase the plate, and the hanger further comprises a standoff element comprising a first stalk segment which extends rearwardly from the stalk to a peak point, and a second stalk segment which extends rearwardly from the stalk to the same peak point, wherein the stalk, first stalk segment, peak point, second stalk segment and the plate are all integrally formed as parts of the hanger. a hanger having a hook end adapted to be suspended from a part of a sanitary appliance, preferably the rim of a toilet bowl, a stalk depending from the hook end and a plate depending from the stalk, and a compressed solid block comprising at least one chemical agent adapted to be suspended within the interior of the sanitary appliance, wherein the compressed solid block comprises one or more chemical constituents such that when the compressed solid block is immersed, rinsed or washed with water, said chemical constituents are eluted or dissolved into said water and forms a treatment composition which provides a cleaning and/or sanitizing and/or disinfecting benefit to the toilet or other sanitary appliance, wherein the compressed solid block comprises at least one surfactant, the plate is planar, the compressed solid block is formed from a preform shape and is compressed upon the plate in order to enrobe or encase the plate, and the hanger further comprises a standoff element comprising a first stalk segment which extends rearwardly from the stalk to a peak point, and a second stalk segment which extends rearwardly from the stalk to the same peak point, wherein the stalk, first stalk segment, peak point, second stalk segment and the plate are all integrally formed as parts of the hanger. the compressed solid block comprises at least one surfactant, the plate is planar, the compressed solid block is formed from a preform shape and is compressed upon the plate in order to enrobe or encase the plate, and the hanger further comprises a standoff element comprising a first stalk segment which extends rearwardly from the stalk to a peak point, and a second stalk segment which extends rearwardly from the stalk to the same peak point, wherein the stalk, first stalk segment, peak point, second stalk segment and the plate are all integrally formed as parts of the hanger.