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The work of the Department in the abatement of nuisances
continues to increase; and much work of a valuable and permanent
character has been executed by the Sanitary Inspectors during the
year.
It would much assist the Department in securing uniformity
through the district in drainage matters, if the much delayed regulations
of the London County Council on drainage were available for
the district.
I am pleased to state that the sanitary condition generally of
the district has much improved during the last few years, and it
may now be said to be in the front rank amongst the London districts
in its regard for sanitary matters and the Public Health.
I am glad to put on record that the Sanitary Inspectors and
staff generally have worked well and to my satisfaction during the
past year.
Population and Density.—Assuming that the increase of
population in the Hackney district has been at the same rate as
that during the preceding quinquennium, I estimate the population
at the middle of the year 1897 to be 216,651 persons. This, with
an acreage of 3299, gives a density of 65 persons per acre. At the
beginning of the third quarter of the year, the boundaries and names
of the four registration sub-districts of the Parish were altered by
order of the Registrar General. The following are the new subdistricts
and their boundaries:—
1. All that part of Hackney Parish lying North of a line
commencing at Arcola street, Stoke Newington road, on the Western
Boundary of the Parish, and passing along the centre of Arcola
street, Shacklewell lane, Rectory road, Downs road, Lower Clapton
road, Millfields road, and the East London Water Works Company's
Canal, until it reaches the Northern Boundary of the Parish at the
filter Beds of the said Company, to constitute North Hackney
Sub-District.