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. | |
Dangerous structures | 9 | 9 |
Defective drains | 6 | 6 |
Drain choked | 1 | 1 |
No. 11 District.
Defects. | ||
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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 |