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Hackney 1888

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1888

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56
Brought forward 7244
Number of Houses disinfected 274
„ „ Cases of overcrowding abated 29
„ „ Premises from which Pigs and other
animals were removed 3
„ „ Premises from which stable dung and
other refuse were removed (excluding
dust) 63
„ „ Filthy places cleansed 5
„ „ Other Nuisances removed (not included
under other headings) 1650
2024
Total number of Nuisances abated in 1888 9268
Number of Accumulations of Dust specially removed 1287*
,, „ Preliminary Notices served 3387
„ „ Peremptory „ „ 1516
„ „ Statutory „ „ 486
„ „ Letters sent out 2093
„ „ Persons Summoned before a Magistrate 9
„ „ Copies of Summonses and Orders made
out 27
„ „ Bodies deposited and taken to the
Mortuary 113
„ „ Houses from which Bedding, &c., was
removed to be disinfected at the
Board's apparatus 274
Articles disinfected at the Board's apparatus 1140
Disinfectants supplied to the Poor (Pkts.)
(botts.) 906 133
Fish Condemned unfit for human food (pads) 23
* Many persons send requests here for removal of dust instead of
placing the D cards in the window. All these, as well as complaints of
non-removal, are included in the above.