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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
Hackney 1900
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1900
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be made. For instance, I excluded in my number the households
where condensed milk only was used, also those where two vendors
supplied one family. It is obvious that the inclusion of either of
these would be liable to give unreliable results.
The following are the results of enquiry in
(1) AREA "A."
| Streets and Number of Houses visited. | Number of Houses supplied with Milk by X. | Number of Houses supplied with Milk by other vendors. | Percentage Households affected with Sore Throat, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streets. | Number of Houses. | Number supplied. | Number of Sore Throat Households. | Number supplied. | N umber of Sore Throat Households | Amongst X Households. | Amongst other Households. |
| Dunsmure Road | 61 | 11 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 36.3 | 2.0 |
| Glaserton Road | 25 | 4 | — | 21 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| Wilderton Road | 22 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |
| Linthorpe Road | 60 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 28.5 | 1.9 |
| Totals | 168 | 24 | 7 | 144 | 3 | 29.1 | 2.0 |
(2) AREA "B."
| Streets and Number of Houses visited. | Number of Houses supplied with Milk by X. | Number of Houses supplied with Milk by other Vendors. | Percentage Households affected with Sore Throat. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streets. | Number of Houses. | Number supplied | Number of Sore Throat Households. | Number supplied. | Number of Sore Throat Households. | Amongst X Households. | Amongst other Households. |
| Landfield Street | 25 | 15 | 3 | 10 | — | 20.0 | 0.0 |
| Millington Street | 17 | 30 | 1 | 4 | — | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| Ottoway Street | 20 | 10 | 2 | 10 | — | 20.0 | 0.0 |
| Stellman Street | 13 | 4 | — | 9 | — | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 75 | 42 | 6 | 33 | — | 14.2 | 0.0 |
In the first place, I must remark that these tables show a very
heavy incidence of sore throat illness in the households supplied by