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Hackney 1905
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1905
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HACKNEY.
NOTICE.
" The Hackney Borough Council have provided baths and
disinfecting chambers for the cleansing and purifying of the bodies
and clothing of persons infested with vermin or parasites. No charge
is made for the use of these facilities, and applicants will be treated
with every consideration on application to the Caretaker at the
Disinfecting Station, Millfields Road, Lower Clapton, N.E.
(adjoining the Hackney Electricity Works) between the hours
of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m."
"J. King Wakby, M.D.,
" Medical Officer of Health.
" Public Health Department,
" Town Hall, Hackney, N.E.
" April, 1905."