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 1908
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Found. | Abated | |
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The house or part in a dirty condition | 126 | 126 |
„ „ „ damp „ | 14 | 14 |
„ „ ,, dilapidated condition | 45 | 45 |
The w.c. so foul as to be a nuisance | 11 | 11 |
„ without a water supply | 2 | 2 |
,, with a deficient supply of water | 17 | 17 |
,, so defective as to be a nuisance | 8 | 8 |
„ stopped | 7 | 7 |
Defective yard paving | 10 | 10 |
The yard dirty | 18 | 18 |
No dust bin or defective dust bin | 21 | 21 |
The rain water pipe defective | 5 | 5 |
The guttering defective | 13 | 13 |
Defective wash-house paving | 2 | 2 |
Insufficient ventilation beneath the ground | ||
or basement floor | 4 | 4 |
Defective scullery roof | 12 | 12 |
Front area dirty | 5 | 5 |
House or part overcrowded | 27 | 27 |
Animals improperly kept | 2 | 2 |
Smoke nuisance from structural defects | 2 | 2 |
Accumulation of refuse in yard | 3 | 3 |
Various | 4 | 4 |
Dangerous structures | 6 | 6 |
No. of verminous premises | 2 | 2 |
The roof defective | 35 | 35 |
No. on Register | 226 |
No. inspected | 177 |
Empty | 49 |
Premises on which nuisances found | 98 |
,, „ abated | 98 |
Intimations served | 98 |
Pinal notices served | 7 |