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Hackney 1897

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1897

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HACKNEY VESTRY.

Table: Table X.— Work done by the Public Health Department in houses flooded by the Storm on 21st July, 1897, in the Parish of Hackney.

Table X.— Work done by the Public Health Department in houses flooded by the Storm on 21st July, 1897, in the Parish of Hackney.

NAME OF ROAD.NOs. OF HOUSES.WORK DONE.
Rendleshain Road1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 25, 27, 36, 38, 40, 42, and 46.The floors were taken up in basement, and the accumulation of sewage, mud, etc., removed; the surface under the floors was covered with lime and disinfecting powder; the floors were then re-laid with old materials where possible, new boards having to be used in some cases where the old boards and joists were too rotten to be used again. Total number of houses dealt with; 120. Amount expended on Labour:£66 17 10. Carbolic Powder used: 10 cwt. Sanitas Powderused: 3 tons. Lime used : 6 cubic yards. The mud, etc. cleared away,and the floors cleansed.
Dalston Lane246 and 248.
Aspland Grove2, 3, 4, and 10.
McLaren Street1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25a, 27, 27a, 29a, 31a, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16.
Oswald Street11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 31, and 16.
Graham Road166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 180, 182, 129, 131, 133, and 102.
Prince Edward Road58 to 82.
Old Windsor Road15 to 30.
Peroy Terrace25 to 32.
Wick Road224.
Marian Street22 to 32, and 17 to 25.
Mare StreetOld Town Hall.
Brooksby's Walk42 and 44.
Dalston Lane254 and 256.