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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Defects. | ||
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Found. | Abated. | |
The w.c. so foul as to be a nuisance | 13 | 13 |
„ without a water supply | 1 | 1 |
„ with a deficient supply of water | 16 | 16 |
„ improperly constructed | 1 | 1 |
„ so defective as to be a nuisance | 9 | 9 |
„ choked | 2 | 2 |
Defective yard paving | 23 | 23 |
The yard dirty | 16 | 16 |
The sink waste defective | 4 | 4 |
No dust bin or dilapidated dust bin | 27 | 27 |
The rain-water pipe defective | 14 | 14 |
The main roof defective | 33 | 33 |
The scullery | 23 | 23 |
The w.c. | 13 | 13 |
The guttering defective | 20 | 20 |
The wash-house paving defective | 9 | 9 |
The addition walls defective | 4 | 4 |
Animals improperly kept | 2 | 2 |
An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 1 | 1 |
The house or part overcrowded | 21 | 21 |
No ventilation or insufficient ventilation beneath ground floor | 2 | 2 |
No gutter to scullery | 1 | 1 |
„ w.c. | 2 | 2 |
An accumulation of refuse | 1 | 1 |
Verminous premises cleansed | 4 | 4 |
Smoke nuisance from structural defects | 4 | 4 |
The area dirty | 10 | 10 |
Ventilation shaft defective | 1 | 1 |
The approach to the w.c. defectively paved | 2 | 2 |
Forecourt unpaved | 1 | 1 |