London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hackney 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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47
Privy Cesspools emptied, tilled up, and drained into
the sewer 113
Choked Drains cleansed and repaired, or re-laid ... 292
New Traps provided 342
Yards drained 52
Privy pans choked 56
Total number of nuisances from defective drainage ... 855
Yards paved or paving relaid 226
Houses repaired, white-washed, &c 2530
Number of Dust Bins provided215
No. of houses in which the ventilation has been improved 26
,, to which a better supply of water has
been given1 23
Total number of nuisances from defect in houses 3120
Number of houses disinfected 928
„ „ overcrowded 49
Pigs removed 36
Stable Dung and other refuse removed 66
Filthy places cleansed 37
Other nuisances removed 89
205
Total number of nuisances abated 5180
Number of Lodging Houses' Notices served 752
„ Notices for Disinfection and cleansing premises 928
,, Letters sent out 664
„ Preliminary notices served 3520
„ Peremptory „ 1424
„ Statutory ,, 501
„ Persons summoned before a Magistrate 63
,, Copies of summonses and orders made out 378
„ Notices served under the Workshop Regulation Act 231
„ Oust complaints received and attended to 3734
„ Bodies deposited and taken to the Mortuary 158