London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hackney 1887

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1887

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64
Cesspools emptied and filled up 5
Choked drains oleansed, repaired or reconstructed 824
Number of Premises in which choked Water-closet
Pans were released, or broken Pans removed 95
Number of Premises in which Yards were drained 76
Number of Premises in which new Traps were
provided 1066
Number of Premises in which Sinks were disconnected
from the drains 727
Number of Premises in which Stack Pipes were cut
off from drains 249
Total number of Nuisances from defective
means of drainage abated 3042
Number of Premises in which Yards were newly-
paved or the paving relaid 852
Number of Premises in which Dust Bins were
provided, or old Dust Bins repaired 742
Number of Houses repaired, whitewashed, &c. 1602
Number of Houses in which the Ventilation has been
improved 31
3227
6269
Number of Water-closets to which a supply of water
has been given 178
Number of Houses supplied by Closet-cistern in which
a Flushing-box was provided 104
Number of Houses supplied by butt only, and
Cistern substituted 3
Number of Closets in which defective apparatus was
repaired1050
Number of Screw-down Taps and lengths of Pipe
provided to enable occupiers to draw water from
the main supply pipe of the house 396
Total number of Nuisances from defects
in houses 1731
Carried forward 8000