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

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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 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1894

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Table: REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK FOB THE YEAR 1894.

REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK FOB THE YEAR 1894.

Number of complaints received2,222
Inspections—
Made on complaint3,000
House to house345
Houses, after Infectious Diseases1,986
Total premises re-inspected9,060
Fishmongers' and Poulterers' yards4
Cow houses (premises)48
„ (sheds)68
Bakehouses122
Greengrocers' yards71
Urinals26
Canal Boats41
Animals improperly kept20
*Letters, etc., sent out7,362
Statutory Notices served162
Copies of Summonses and Orders made out497
Bodies received into the Mortuary277
Houses from which bedding, etc., was removed to be disinfected by the Board's apparatus846

Table: Articles disinfected by the Board's apparatus—

Articles disinfected by the Board's apparatus—

Beds779
Mattresses231
Palliasses13
Bolsters505
Pillows1,481
Blankets1,144
Sheets67
Counterpanes2
Carpets, Rugs, etc3.11
Quilts254
Other Articles575

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* This includes Committee Notices, Notices and Disinfection Certificates to Schools,
and Notices to Owners.