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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1909
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1909
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| Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Found. | Abated. | |
| Dangerous structures | 9 | 9 |
| Defective drains | 6 | 6 |
| Drain choked | 1 | 1 |
No. 11 District.
| Defects. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Found. | Abated. | |
| The house or part in dirty condition | 60 | 60 |
| „ „ „ „ dilapidated | 7 | 7 |
| „ w.c. so foul as to be a nuisance | 11 | 11 |
| „ „ without a water supply | 5 | 5 |
| „ „ with a deficient water supply | 3 | 3 |
| „ „ improperly constructed | 3 | 3 |
| „ „ defective as to be a nuisance | 2 | |
| „ „ stopped | 5 | 5 |
| „ soil pipe unventilated | 1 | 1 |
| „ yard in dirty condition, want of paving | 17 | 17 |
| „ ,, dirty | 5 | 5 |
| „ waste pipe of sink connected with drain | 3 | 3 |
| „ waste pipe of sink defective | 2 | 2 |
| „ water cistern so foul as to be a nuisance | 2 | 2 |
| An accumulation of refuse, want of dustbin | 17 | 17 |
| The drain foul | 4 | 4 |
| „ „ choked | 5 | 5 |
| „ rain water pipe defective | 9 | 9 |