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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Found. | Abated. | In hand. | Outstanding. | |
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The house or part overcrowded | 3 | 3 | — | — |
No ventilation or insufficient ventila | ||||
tion beneath ground floor | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Ventilation shaft defective | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Storage cistern dirty. | 2 | 2 | — | - |
Clearing eye to drain defective | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Burst water pipes | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Accumulations of refuse | 3 | 3 | - | - |
Smoke nuisances | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
Bedroom with insufficient external ventilation | 1 | 1 | - | - |
The yard dirty | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Inspector—Jas. W. Hall. | ||||
Number of premises inspected | 186 | |||
Number of premises on which nuisances were found | 157 | |||
Intimation notices served | 168 | |||
Statutory notices served | 17 | |||
Found. | Abated. | In hand. | Out standin;. | |
The house or part in a dirty or verminous condition | 1ll | 89 | 12 | |
Ditto in a damp condition | 28 | 9 | 2 | |
Ditto in a dilapidated condition | 55 | 9 | 9 | |
Surface drain improperly trapped | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Water closet in a defective condition | 22 | 2 | 2 | |
Ditto without water supply | — | |||
Ditto with deficient water supply | — | |||
Ditto stopped | — | — | ||
Ditto without external ventilation | 2 | — | ||
Drain ventilation pipe defective | 5 | — | 1 | |
Yard paving defective | 5 | 1 | ||
Yard dirty | 2 | 2 | — | — |