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
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REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK, 1907.
| Mr. Ellis, Stamford Hill. | Mr. Harvey West Hackney. | Mr. Legs, Hackney. | Mr. Bew, Clapton. | Mr. Body, Kingsland. | Mare Street and South Hackney. | Mr. Punter. | Mr. Haben, Homerton, E. | Mr. Peverett. Homerton, N. | Mr. Kemp, Homerton, S. | Mr. White, Clapton, N.E. | Mr. Hall, Special. | Mr. Vobe, Special. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Miss Teebay, Special. | Miss Newton, Special. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. High. | Mr. Sheppard. | |||||||||||||||||
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | No. 8. | No. 9. | No. 10. | No. 11. | No. 12. | |||||||
| Inspections— | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Made on complaint | 147 | 248 | 143 | 132 | 288 | 203 | 185 | 129 | 169 | 167 | 52 | 53 | 10 | 88 | .. | 44 | .. | 2058 |
| Workshops | 5 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 283 | .. | 413 | |
| House to house— | ||||||||||||||||||
| No. of inspections | 44 | .. | 12 | .. | 58 | 63 | 74 | 48 | 70 | 65 | 61 | 70 | 248 | 230 | .. | .. | .. | 1043 |
| „ defects discovered | 44 | .. | .. | .. | 47 | 50 | 65 | 56 | .. | 55 | 51 | 40 | 241 | 221 | .. | .. | .. | 870 |
| „ notices | .. | .. | .. | .. | 47 | 50 | 65 | 56 | .. | 57 | 51 | 40 | 275 | 262 | .. | .. | .. | 903 |
| Houses after infectious disease | 94 | 126 | 173 | 399 | 239 | 273 | 262 | 146 | 329 | 234 | 63 | 104 | 20 | 42 | .. | .. | .. | 2504 |
| Premises re-inspected | 2093 | 2508 | 2543 | 2315 | 1995 | 2449 | 2870 | 2725 | 2551 | 2720 | 3112 | 1779 | 3052 | 2692 | .. | 2166 | 525 | 38115 |
| (Laundries, &c.) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fishmongers' and poulterers' yards | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 |
| Slaughterhouses | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 380 | .. | .. | 393 |
| Cowhouses (premises), dairies and milkshops | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 238 | .. | .. | 245 |
| Greengrocers' yards | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 |
| Schools | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| Bakehouses | 26 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 8 | 31 | 16 | 29 | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 200 |
| Urinals | 9 | 12 | .. | .. | 12 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 27 | 24 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 180 |
| Canal boats | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 |
| Visits to waterways | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 80 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 80 |
| Animals improperly kept | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 42 | |
| Laundries | 3 | 9 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | (See above) | 16 | |
| Offensive trades | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Outworkers' premises | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 8 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 193 | 220 |