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Hackney 1904
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1904
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PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1901.
(a) Complaints.—During the year 1904 there were 2,47. complaints
of nuisances received by the Public Health Department, all of which
were investigated and dealt with by the officers of the department.
(b) Infectious Disease.—There were 1,831 houses inspected in
which cases of infectious disease had occurred. Any nuisances dis
covered were immediately dealt with by the Sanitary Inspector in whose
district the case had occurred. Where necessary, notices were served
to secure the abatement of and nuisances found.
During the year 2,269 rooms were fumigated and 644 rooms cleansed
by the officers of the department. The disinfectants issued to applicants
consisted of 792 four-ounce bottles of carbolic acid and 4,470
1 lb. bags of Sanitas powder.
The disinfectants issued to the Surveyor and Engineer's Department consisted of the following:—
| Kuna pine blocks, 1 ton 18 cwt. at 30s. cwt. at a cost of | £57 | 10 | 0 |
| Carbolic powder, 6 tons 3 cwt. at 44s. ton | 13 | 10 | |
| Sanitas powder, Iron, at £6 10s, ton | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| Kuna pine fluid, 80 gallons, at 3s. gal. | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Carbolic acid, 223i gallons, at 8J gal. | 7 | 15 | 10 |
| £97. | 6 | 5£ |
(c) House to House Inspection.—During 1904 the Borough Council
appointed two temporary inspectors, one on the 1st March and the other
on the 28th July, for the purpose of making systematic house to house
inspections in certain parts of the Borough, viz., in Homerton and in
the London Fields, parts of the borough, densely populated and hencc
needing systematic inspection. The number of occupied houses inspected
by these officers up to the 31st December was 972. Annexed