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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 were found. | Small Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Tvphoid Fever. | Typhus. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 2225 | 1488 | - | 116 | 7 | 28 | .. |
| Homer road | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Homerton row | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Homfray street | 31 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Isabella road | 9 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Janes place | 9 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Jerusalem gardens and passage | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
| John street, Homerton | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Jolly butcher's yard | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Kynaston avenue | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Lauriston road | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. |
| Lea bridge | 113 | 92 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Lea bridge road | 18 | 16 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Lenthall road | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Lime grove | 24 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| McLaren street | 39 | 29 | .. | 4 | l | l | .. |
| Mallard street | 39 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Mandeville street | 4 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. |
| Mare street | 327 | 220 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Margaret street | 43 | 39 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Marian street | 27 | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Marlow road | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Mason's court and place | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Matthias street | 29 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Mead's place | 26 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Mead's cottages | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Meadow street | 12 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Mehetable road | 41 | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Middlesex place and square | 8 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Millington street | 2 | 1 | . | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Millard road | 36 | 33 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Montague road | 65 | 47 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Millfield road | 23 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Montague terrace and place | 24 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Median road | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Mount pleasant lane | 12 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Nesbit street | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | l | .. | |
| New street | 11 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| North street | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | |
| Nursery row and place | 8 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Orchard cottages | 12 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Orchard place | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Carried forward | 3263 | 2210 | - | 156 | 18 | 38 | - |