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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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Statement of Persons Lodged and Maintained at Council's Shelter, in Millfields Road, Clapton, N.E.,
during the year ended 31st December, 1902.
| Month. | No. of Persons admitted. (All causes.) | Admit'd for bath only. | Refused to stay. | Cost of Maintenance. | Average period of Stay Days. | Disease. | Remarks. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | Children | Total. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
| March | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5.00 | Small-pox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever. | ||||
| April | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 woman with her infant. | 3 | 2 | 10½ | 3.27 | ||
| May | ||||||||||||
| June | ||||||||||||
| July | 1 | 1 | 1* | *Verminous person | ||||||||
| August | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2.36 | |||
| September | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2.80 | |||
| October | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2.00 | ||||
| November | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | ||||
| December | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1* | 14 | 0 | 1.71 | *Verminous person | |||
| Totals | 25 | 29 | 43 | 97 | 5 | 3 adults and 1 infant. | 15 | 4 | 4½ | 2.73 | ||
Those persons who refused to stay after admission are included in these figures.