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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 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1898

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in Hackney Wick, the other in the London Fields district. The
method adopted by each was to inspect house by house in certain
streets, and those houses which appeared to come within the definition
of houses let in lodgings were selected for registration.
The following list shows the number registered under the byelaws
with the work executed during the year.

Table: Table of work executed under the Bye-laws as to Houses let in Lodgings under the supervision of Sanitary Inspectors T. White (District 11), and R. J. Sheppard (District 7). during the year 1898.

Table of work executed under the Bye-laws as to Houses let in Lodgings under the supervision of Sanitary Inspectors T. White (District 11), and R. J. Sheppard (District 7). during the year 1898.

Work done.District 2.District 7.Total.
Total number of houses registered175159334
No. of houses cleansed134153287
Damp walls properly damp coursed61117
Foul pans removed or cleansed133548
Roofs repaired445498
Yard paving repaired and re-laid216384
Space below ground floor excavated and ventilated27678
Sanitary dust-bins provided182947
Defective sink wastes repaired182341
Choked drains released61117
Defective drains repaired or re-laid114455
Defective wash house paving repaired422466
Proper water supply to W.C.'s.161632
Defective cisterns renewed16723
„ rain water pipes repaired42226
„ area paving—1515
Overcrowding abated by notice12315
„ „ „ arrangement36743

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The experience gained in the working of the bye-laws during the
year has revealed certain difficulties in applying them, and weak
points in their construction. Our difficulties have arisen in connection
with the definition of the term “landlord” This is defined
in the bye-laws as follows—
"'Landlord,' in relation to a house or part of a house
which is let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than
one family, means the person (whatever may be the nature or
extent of his interest in the premises) by whom or on whose