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

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Hackney 1889

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1889

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Cesspools emptied and filled up 1
Choked drains cleansed, repaired, or reconstructed 1148
Number of Premises in which choked Water-closet
Pans were released, or broken Pans removed 337
Number of Premises in which Yards were drained 35
Number of Premises in which new Traps were provided 537
Number of Premises in which Sinks were disconnected
from the drains 428
Number of Premises in which Stack Pipes were cut off
from drains 126
Total number of Nuisances from defective
means of drainage abated 2612
Number of Premises in which Yards were nearly paved
or the paving relaid 536
Number of Premises in which Dust Bins were provided,
or old Dust Bins repaired 632
Number of Houses repaired, whitewashed, &c. 2132
Number of Houses in which the Ventilation has been
improved 11
Leaky Roofs repaired 561
3872
Number of Water-closets to which a supply of water
has been given 156
Number of Houses supplied by Closet-cistern in which
a Flushing box was provided 30
Number of Closets supplied by butt only, and Cistern
substituted 17
Number of Closets in which defective apparatus was
repaired 1027
Number of Screw-down Taps and lengths of Pipe
provided to enable occupiers to draw water from the
main supply pipe of the house 145
Total number of Nuisances from defects
in houses 1375
Carried forward
7859