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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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Table: Table XII.A list of refusals in the collection of Dust during the year 1898.

Table XII.

A list of refusals in the collection of Dust during the year 1898.

Week endingRefusals.No Answers.Week endingRefusals.No Answers
January 1stJuly2nd8,4291,245
„ 8th6,891889„9th7,9671,153
„ 15th7,2791,134„16th8,3251,076
„ 22nd8,0941,196„23rd8,7151,143
„ 29th7,7991,065„30th9,1181,052
February 5th8,3581,027August6th9,0052,106
12th7,8671,135„13th10,0471,854
19th8,9111,087„20th9,8461,713
26th8,8051,125„27th10,6631,692
March 5th8,8501.170Sept.3rd7,2131,442
„ 12th8,3621,219„10th6,7771,247
„ 19th8,0601,090„17th7,4131,183
„ 26th7,9871,143„2 th7,3291,242
April 2nd8,1431,009October1st6,9871,395
„ 9th9,3541,415„8th7,1141,293
„ 16th8,3111,321„15th7,2911,124
„ 23rd9,1531,235„22 nd8,2891,149
„ 30th8,7911,168„29th8,4231,214
May 7th8,4011,047Nov.5th7,8911,187
„ 14th7,9471,122„12th7,7861,246
„ 21th8,4131,203„19th7,5931,165
„ 28th7,3251,471„26th8,2141,276
June 4th7,7471,533Dec.3rd8,1431,291
„ 11th8,4711,358„10th7,9801,398
„ 18th7,8931,432„17th8,6561,219
„ 25th8,1751,327„24th7,8431,167
„31st8,6311,243

Table: THE MORTUARY.The following tables give the number of bodies deposited in the mortuary during the year; also the number of inquests held there with the causes of deaths, etc.

THE MORTUARY.

The following tables give the number of bodies deposited in the mortuary during the year; also the number of inquests held there with the causes of deaths, etc.

Number of bodies deposited in Mortuary370
(a). To await inquests355
(b). Upon request of relatives, to await burial15
Number of Post-mortems performed140