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Hackney 1892

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1892

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to over 6,000 houses, or about 46,000 inhabitants, i.e., if the whole
of London—excluding Hackney—be taken as a standard, Hackney
has not half its proper staff of Sanitary Inspectors. The number of
Inspectors appointed at Hackney should be eleven to reach the
above-mentioned standard.

Table: But the members of the Board of Works will be able to draw their own conclusions from a study of the table.

But the members of the Board of Works will be able to draw their own conclusions from a study of the table.

DISTRICTS or VESTRIES.Population.No. of Houses.Inhabitants per House.No. of Sanitary Inspectors.No. of Inhabitants per Inspector.No. of Houses per Inspector.
LONDON (excluding Hackney)3,981,525520,5777.617922,2432,908
North.Marylebone142,38115,3549.2623,7302,559
St. Pancras234,43724,6119.5829,3043,076
Islington319,43338,2598.31422,8162,732
Hampstead68,4259,5287.1417.1062,382
Hackney229,53133,1876.9045,9066,637
East.Shoreditch124,00913,9328.9431,0013,483
Whitechapel74,4208,1709.1418,6062,042
St. George-in-East45,5465,4518.3315,1821,817
South.Battersea150,45820,9307.1721,4942,990
Wandsworth156,93125,3916.11213,0772,116
Jamberwell235,31233,9916.91416,8082,427
Lewisham92,64715,8985.8615,4412,649
Plumstead88,53914,5456.0329,5134,848
| West.Kensington166,32122,0027.5627,7203,667
Westminster55,5255,7569.6318,5081,918
Central.St. Giles39,7784,0689.757,955813
Strand25,1072,15411.6212,5531,077
Holborn33,5033,8678.6216,7511,933
City of London37,5045,7506.5113,409522