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 1909
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Inspected previously
1905.
20. Prince of Wales Cottages.—Nos. 6, 7 and 8,
have one W.C. to each tenement. The three W.C.'s
are situated in a passage entered from towing path.
Door at entry, and each W.C. has door and lock on
same. L.H. pans to W.C.'s and W.W.P., fair condition
of cleanliness not filthy. Leaky flush pipe connection
to centre closet. The other houses, Nos. 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, have each a W.C. inside building.
21. College Place.—Roof being leaky, ceilings
dirty from stairs def. roof of W.H., ineff. flush to
W.C., def. yard paving. One tap for two houses.
Gutter not decayed nor window sills broken.
22. 10, College Place.—Def. yard paving, dil.
D.B. No alterations have been made at the rear of
this house.
23. 23, Berger Road.—Kitchen ceiling no defects.
Flooring no defects (concrete). Top back
room ceiling stained where rain had come in some
months previously, but had been repaired. Yard
paving defective (slight).
J. KING WARRY, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
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