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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 House Inspected. | No. of Houses in which Nuisauces were found. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Typhus. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 1057 | 705 | - | 40 | 1 | 11 | - |
| Derby road | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Devonshire road | 67 | 53 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Duncan square and road | 61 | 52 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Dunlace road | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Durham grove | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Durrington road | 4 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. |
| Duncan street | 48 | 34 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Eaton place | 59 | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Edwards lane | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Elderfield road | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
| Elgin street | 54 | 39 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Eleanor road | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Essex street | 42 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ex mouth place | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | .. |
| Ellingfort road | 41 | 34 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Fairey street | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Falcon court and place | 9 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Pel stead street | 27 | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fenn street | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fisher's place | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Florefield road | 39 | 35 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Frederick place, Hag | 16 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fulham place | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Gaiusboro’ road | 73 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Gainsboro' square | 18 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Gillett street | 22 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Glynn road | 11 | 1 | .. | 14 | 1 | 2 | .. |
| Gomer terrace | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Goring street | 44 | 39 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Green lanes | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. |
| Grove, The, Homer ton | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Grove lane, Hackney | 15 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hamburg street | 14 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Havelock road | 68 | 33 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Haywoods buildings | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hayes buildings | 15 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hayling road, S.N | 29 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hertford road | 14 | 13 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. |
| Heslop place | 8 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| High hill ferry | 223 | 123 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| High street, Homerton | 2 | .. | .. | l | 2 | .. | .. |
| Hockley street | 27 | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Holmbrook street | 58 | 51 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. |
| Holly street | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Carried forward | 2225 | 1488 | - | 115 | 7 | 28 | - |