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 1904

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1904

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Re-inspections716
No. of premises on which nuisances abated308
Intimation notices served275
Pinal ,, ,,78
Statutory ,, ,,7
Nuisances.No. found.No. abated.OutstandingGiven to Medical Officer of Health.
House or part in dirty condition177130938
,, ,, damp ,,256118
,, ,, dilapidated condition231724
,, ,, overcrowded66......
W.c. foul3228...4
Check cistern out of order262123
W.c. pan defectivo302...28
,, choked11......
,, un ventilated1......1
Leakage in w.c.11614
Yard paving defective123...9
Gully insid e house11......11
Sink waste connected with drain12......12
,, „ defective1......1
Cistern uncovered431...
improperly placed211...
Dustbin defective or improper90641016
No dustbin1716...1
Rainpipe defective362727
,, connected with drain7......7
Roof defective291739
Guttering defective362448
Surface drain untrapped2......2
Gully grating broken or absent129...3
Drain choked2......2
Bell trap1......1
Cellar dwelling illegally occupied1......1

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At the onset of Miss Newton's work, I instructed her to obtain, if
possible, information, among other things, as to any other uses to
which the workrooms were applied.
Miss Newton found that the 774
workrooms in the Borough visited by her were used aa set out in the
following table:—
Used as bedroom and workroom 94