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

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Hackney 1890

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1890

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41
Cesspools emptied and filled up 0
Choked drains cleansed, repaired, or reconstructed 716
Number of Premises in which choked Water-closet
Pans were released, or broken Pans removed 146
Number of Premises in which Yards were drained 20
Number of Premises in which new Traps were provided 497
Number of Premises in which Sinks were disconnected
from the drains 258
Number of Premises in which Stack Pipes were cut off
from drains 121
Total number of Nuisances from defective
means of drainage abated 1758
Number of Premises in which Yards were nearly paved
or the paving relaid 552
Number of Premises in which Dust Bins were provided
or old Dust Bins repaired 918
Number of Houses repaired, whitewashed, &c 1738
Number of Houses in which the Ventilation has been
improved 49
Leaky Eoofs repaired 448
3705
Number of Water-closets to which a supply of water
has been given 82
Number of Houses supplied by Closet-cistern in which
a Flushing box was provided 23
Number of Closets supplied by butt only, and Cistern
substituted 15
Number of Closets in which defective apparatus was
repaired 926
Number of Screw-down Taps and lengths of Pipe
provided to enable occupiers to draw water from
the main supply pipe of the house 267
Total number of Nuisances from defects
in houses 1313
Carried forward 6776