Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1907
This page requires JavaScript
84
The following table shows the number of requests for the
removal of house refuse received during the ten years ending
December, 1907. The figures show a further improvement on
previous years:—
1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan. | 22 | 26 | 50 | 13 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
Feb. | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
March | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
April | 19 | 37 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 63 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
May | 3 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
June | 11 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 45 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 11 |
July | 11 | 43 | 37 | 27 | 119 | 47 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 7 |
August | 6 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
Sept. | 8 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
Oct. | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Nov. | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Dec. | 15 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
Totals | 114 | 220 | 205 | 158 | 355 | 331 | 155 | 108 | 98 | 89 |
THE MORTUARY.
The following tables give the number of bodies deposited in the mortuary during the year, also the number of inquests held there, with the causes of death, &c.
Number of bodies deposited in mortuary | 434 |
1. To await inquests—(a) Infectious | 1 |
414 | |
2. To await burial | 19 |
Number of post-mortems made | 144 |