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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REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK, 1908—Continued.
| Mr. Ellis, Stamford Hill. | Mr. Harvey, West Hackney. | Mr. Legg, 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 Portlock, Special. | Totals. | ||
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| Mr. High. | Mr. Shoppard. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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—continued. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Urinals | 2 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 12 | .. | 16 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 145 |
| Canal boats | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 |
| Visits to waterways | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 78 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 78 |
| Animals improperly kept | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 8 | 33 | .. | 7 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 80 |
| Laundries | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 175 | .. | 177 |
| Offensive trades | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | .. | 16 |
| Outworkers' premises | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 768 | 799 |
| New buildings | 69 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 92 |
| Special inspections | 5 | 253 | 66 | 105 | 36 | 28 | 124 | 5 | 49 | 63 | 22 | 25 | 34 | 89 | 163 | .. | .. | 1067 |
| Houses let in lodgings— | ||||||||||||||||||
| No. on Register at end of 1907 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 226 | .. | .. | 237 | .. | .. | .. | 463 |
| 1908 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 226 | .. | .. | 237 | .. | .. | .. | 463 |
| No. of inspections | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 177 | .. | .. | 233 | .. | .. | .. | 410 |
| ,, of notices, 1908 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 98 | .. | .. | 185 | .. | .. | .. | 283 |
| ,, of prosecutions, 1908 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Mews and stables | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 |
| Premises Flooded | .. | .. | .. | 56 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 56 |
| Overcrowding— | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded | .. | 12 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 11 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 5 | .. | 9 | 38 | .. | .. | 6 | 128 |
| Number remedied | .. | 12 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 11 | 12 | 4 | 25 | 5 | .. | 5 | 38 | .. | .. | 6 | 124 |
| „ of prosecutions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |