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Hackney 1909

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1909

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Inspected previously
1908.
10. 82, Bloomfield Street.—Bottom sash of one
window in F.F.F. loose. Cupboards in F.F.F. used
as storeplace for firewood, ceiling has been properly
repaired and cleansed. The yard paving is defective.
There is a small hole in floor of B.A. room F.F., and
a broken floor board inside back door leading to yard.
The balusters are loose, defective and several missing
The washhouse has a cement floor.
Inspected previously
1908.
17. 50, Bloomfield Street.—Plaster on wall of
F.F.B. defective, and walls dirty. Floors of house
in good condition. Paint work on staircase and
F.F.B. requires washing. The washhouse in very
good order. The stack pipe is in good order, but the
gutter is bent down and defective. The yard is well
paved and drained, and tenant says it has never been
flooded. The match lining is in good order, but paper
on same rather dirty. Front room ceiling was properly
repaired about twelve months ago, and has
since been cleansed and whitened, and has been inspected
as workroom several times by Miss Teebay.
Tenant and upstairs lodger say that on my last visit
I inspected the upstairs rooms.
Inspected previously
1905.
18. 16, Lamb Lane.—Ceiling only cracked, not
dangerous. Stoves need slight repairs. The walls of
all rooms fairly clean, paint on woodwork old.
(Tenant only lived here four years.) Cupboard
dirty, door unhinged. Stone hearth cracked across.
Boiler broken, no latch to oven door. Stone flags in
washhouse sunken. Top front room paper pasted
over bricks beneath window. Small stain on ceiling
from roof. Floor board broken in passage. Locks out
of order. Sash lines broken. A small piece of
paper lining on ceiling unstuck and curling, the ceil-