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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1893
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1893
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REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK
FOE THE YEAR 1893.
Number of complaints received 3,164
Inspections—
Made on complaint 8,164
Re-Inspections ,, 12,886
House to house 698
,, „ Re-Inspections 2,062
Houses, after Infectious Diseases 4,128
,, „ „ Re-Inspections 10,294
Fishmongers' and Poulterers' yards 95
Cow houses (premises) 52
„ (sheds) 105
Bakehouses 17
Greengrocers' yards 65
Urinals 79
Canal Boats 71
Animals improperly kept 23
*Letters, etc., sent out 11,832
Statutory Notices served 167
Copies of Summonses and Orders made out 279
Bodies received into the Mortuary 832
Houses from which bedding, etc., was removed to be disinfected
by the Board's apparatus 2,835
Articles disinfected by the Board's apparatus—
Beds 1,265
Mattrasses 386
Palliasses 10
Bolsters 981
Pillows 2,847
Blankets 1,646
Sheets 101
*This includes Committee Notices, Notices and Disinfection Certificates to Schools,
and Notices to Owners.