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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 1887
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1887
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Streets and other Places Inspected in 1887.
Number of Cases of Epidemic Diseases.
| Name of Street or Road. | Number of Houses Inspected. | No. of Houses in which Nuisances where found. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Typhus. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott street | 23 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Abney gardens | 26 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Acton street | 14 | 12 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Ada street | 41 | 32 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Albert street | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Aldham place | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Amherst terrace | 14 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Andrews road | 15 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Antwerp street | 26 | 23 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Arthur street | 36 | 30 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. |
| Ash grove | 52 | 37 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Balcorne street | 67 | 35 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ball's buildings | 14 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Barn street | 22 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bayford street | 20 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Blackshaw place | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Blackstone road | 43 | 27 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Blanchard street | 11 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Blanchard road | 34 | 18 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Boleyn road | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Boreham street | 11 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bowling Green street | 31 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bowling Green place | 12 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bower road | 22 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bradbury street | 19 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bridge street | 26 | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Brunswick street | 57 | 41 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Buckingham road | 86 | 64 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cambridge terrace, S. N. Com. | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cassimer terrace | 20 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Casterton street | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Chapel court | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chapman road | 15 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Churchill road | 62 | 45 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| College avenue | 37 | 32 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Clevedon street | 17 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| College lane | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| College street | 8 | 8 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cottage place | 7 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cotterill road | 20 | 19 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cowday street | 12 | 9 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cross street, Homerton | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cross street, 3. Hackney | 17 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Crozier terrace | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Crescent cottages, C. Heath | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Daintry street | 13 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Darnley road | 59 | 54 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Carried forward | 1057 | 735 | - | 40 | 1 | 11 | - |