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
Hackney 1910
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1910
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During the year 1910 Miss Portlock (the Inspector appointed
for the inspection of outworkers' premises) made 1,256 inspections
and 852 re-inspections. She also made 1,099 visits without inspection,
the outworkers either having moved or being deceased (496),
or having given up work (118), or being out (319), or owing to a
wrong address being given (72), or the premises being workshops
(54), or male workers only being employed (40).
During Miss Portlock's inspections she discovered 649 sanitary
defects. For the abatement of these she served 452 intimation
notices and 58 final notices. She also discovered 26 workshops.
Of the 1,256 premises inspected by Miss Portlock in 84 only was a room set apart entirely for work.
In the remainder work was carried on in rooms used for other purposes, as set out below:—
| Workroom, bedroom and kitchen | 87 |
| „ „ living room | 15 |
| „ and kitchen | 790 |
| „ „ bedroom | 179 |
| „ „ living room | 89 |
| „ „ scullery | 9 |
| „ „ shop | 2 |
| „ „ landing | 1 |
| Total | 1,172 |
The following table gives the general character of the nuisances
found with other details:—