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 1911
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7. All sinks, drains and yard gullies should be well flushed
with water daily.
8. Cisterns supplying drinking water ought to be frequently
cleaned out, and where such cisterns supply water closets the fact
should be reported to the Public Health Department at the Town
Hall.
9. Personal and domestic cleanliness must receive the first
care.
10. Attention should also be paid to the general health, all
excesses either of eating or drinking being avoided.
11. Parents are strongly advised to seek proper medical
advice and treatment on the first appearance of any looseness of
the bowels or diarrhœa amongst the members of their family.
By Order of the Public Health Committee,
J. KING WARRY, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Public Health Department,
Town Hall, Hackney, N.E.
August, 1911.