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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 1902

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1902

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106. Gore Road.Height 8ft. Oin. Width 18ft Oin. Length 10ft. Oin. Cubic space 1440ft. Walls—Brick. Floor—cement. Ceiling —joists and boards. One oven used.Stallboard windows—4 hanging sashes 3ft. Oin. x 1ft. Oin. (3 others) 2ft. 6in. x 1ft. 2in. Two gas burners in use.Stallboard windows open. By passage of stairs.Access—by stairs from passage. Store—part of bakehouse used as store. Troughs—2, on wheels. Drain inlets—none. Water supply—from main direct. W.C.'s— 1 in house.1— One man employed 48 ~ hours per week. Lease —14 years unexpired. Light and ventilation bad. This bakehouse is entirely under ground.