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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 1886
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1886
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very satisfactory. The accommodation is, however, very
insufficient, and unsuitable for so large a parish, whilst the
means of access are, to say the least, decidedly unsatisfactory.
TABLE VIII.
| Years | Beds | Mattrasses | Palliasses | Bolsters | Pillows | Blankets | Sheets | Quilts | Other Articles | Totals | Houses Disinfected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The number of beds, articles of bedding and clothing
disinfected during the year was unusually small, partly because
a larger number than usual were destroyed at the owner's
request, and chiefly from the entire absence of small-pox cases.
The total number of beds, mattrasses and palliasses removed by
men employed by the Board to the disinfecting chamber was
161 ; of bolsters, 74 ; of pillows, 195; of blankets, 299; of
sheets, 50; of quilts, 55; and of other articles, 206, making
a total of 1,040, and of houses partly or wholly disinfected by
burning sulphur, 381.
River Lee.—In the early part of the year there was not
anything to complain of as regards smell, or even look, but as
the warm weather came on, an unfavourable change took place
before the water was carried into the Board's Sewer. This was