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(1) Cleanliness.—The rooms should be periodically cleaned especially
the floors, stairs, passages and yard.
(2) Foul Smells.—These must be removed. Very often they arise
from neglected sinks, gullies, foul w.c. pans or accumulations in the
dust bins. The sinks and gullies should be cleaned occasionally with
hot soda water and flushed with water regularly, the pans must be
cleaned with a little acid, and the foul dust bins will be emptied on
application to the Town Hall, Hackney. Foul water and slops often
accumulate in defective paving. The paving should be repaired.
(3) Ventilation.—Want of ventilation gives rise to a stuffiness of
the home, which has a bad effect upon the health of the inmates,
especially infants. It is therefore necessary to keep the windows of
the rooms open some portion of the day. Cupboards where food is
stored should always be well ventilated and free from bad smells.
(4) Overcrowding—This leads to the same results as want of ventilation,
and to accidents such as overlaying when children are compelled
to sleep in the same bed with their parents. This should never
be allowed; a cot, or substitute for one, should be provided at the
side of the mother's bed for the infant, and handy for her to attend
to the child during the night.
(5) Other Insanitary Conditions, which the tenant cannot deal with,
should be reported to the Public Health Department, Town Hall.
By order of the Public Health Committee,
J. KING WARRY, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Town Hall, Hacknly.
November, 1899,