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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. | Typhoid Fever. | Typhus. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 3263 | 2210 | - | 156 | 18 | 38 | - |
| Osborn road | 56 | 44 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Oswald street | 43 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Ottaway street | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Overberry street | 104 | 89 | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. |
| Palace road | 60 | 41 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . |
| Paragon road | 76 | 72 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Park street, S.N. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. |
| Pedro street | 103 | 82 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Plover street | 29 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Prince Edward road | 49 | 28 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Pemberton place | 8 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Percy road | 57 | 41 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Pickles buildings | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pleasant place | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pond lane | 4 | 4 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Prout road | 60 | 54 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. |
| Presburg street | 37 | 26 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Providence cottages | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Queen's court | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Railway cottages | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Railway crescent | 30 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Red Lion lane | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Redwald road, Priory | 36 | 32 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ridley road | 49 | 43 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Rigby’s buildings | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rochester place | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rosina street | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Rushmore road | 63 | 38 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. |
| St. James's terrace, Clapton | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| St. John's cottages | 15 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| St. John’s place | 4 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| St. Thomas's square | 19 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| St. Thomas’s square | 17 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Sandford lane | 35 | 17 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Salem place | 7 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Saxony cottages | 13 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Shacklewell row | 35 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Shepherd’s lane | 13 | 10 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Sheep lane | 69 | 50 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Shellgrove road | 23 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Sidworth street | 18 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Sussex street | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suther street | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Swiss cottages | 11 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Carried forward | 4460 | 3100 | - | 194 | 25 | 50 | - |