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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 1907
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1907
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Details of house to house inspection made in the Homerton District during the year 1907 by Inspector Jas. W. Hall:—
| Number of premises inspected | 248 | |||
| Number of premises on which nuisances were found | 241 | |||
| Number of premises with no nuisance | 7 | |||
| Intimation notices served | 234 | |||
| Statutory notices served | 41 | |||
| The house or part in a dirty condition | 168 | 127 | 16 | 25 |
| The house or part in a damp condition | 42 | 36 | 4 | 2 |
| The house in a dilapidated condition | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| The inlet of surface drain untrapped | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Deficient water supply to W.C | 22 | 19 | 3 | — |
| W.C. ventilating into scullery, &c | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| W.C. defective | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Insufficient external ventilation to W.C. | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Defective soil and vent pipes | 14 | 7 | 2 | |
| Defective yard paving | 55 | 46 | 7 | 2 |
| Yard damp | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Yard undrained | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Gulley within premises | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Sink waste directly connected | 8 | 7 | _ | 1 |
| Sink waste improperly trapped | 97 | 66 | 9 | 22 |
| Sink waste defective | 5 | 5 | — | — |