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Hackney 1909

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

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ing and walls of this room fairly clean. Two rooms
overcrowded. Mr. G., the tenant at the time of the
inspection, has since left. The owner re-hung the
cupboard of kitchen, but the present tenant has taken
it off again as it takes up too much room.
Inspected previously
1908.
19. Spring Hill District.—
2, Retreat Place—Kitchen ceiling dirty.
3, „ Yard paving broken.
1, ,, Ceiling of kitchen and shop dirty.
4, „ W.C. pan cracked, Y.P. broken.
5, „ Kitchen ceiling dirty, wall damp
from splashing of tap in yard.
6. W.C. pan cracked and foul, R.W.P.
broken, ceiling and walls of
upper room and kitchen dirty.
7, „ Floor broken in kitchen and
ing dirty.
8, „ Ceiling of kitchen dirty, walls of
staircase paper hanging loose.
12, „ L.H. pan to closet, W.H. paving
broken up, roof leaky (broken
tiles).
6, Providence Terrace—Ceilings of ground floor
rooms dil. Tenants have
removed floor boards of
upper rooms and children
put feet through plaster of
ceiling. W.W.P. to W.C.
def. W.H. floor defective.
5. „ Ceiling of kitchen dirty.
Elizabeth Cottages—No nuisance
I, Elizabeth Terrace—Yard paving broken.
2, „ S.W.P. def. at point of discharge,
kitchen ceiling and W.H. walls
dirty.
3, „ W.H. wall dil. over doorway.
4, „ No nuisance.
5, „ „
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