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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 1911
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1911
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Found. Abated.
The water cistern foul 4 4
„ sink waste pipe connected 7 7
No dustbin 20 20
The drain foul 9 9
„ choked 5 5
The rain water pipe defective 23 23
„ house without water supply 4 4
„ roof defective 19 19
„ gutters „ 15 15
„ washhouse paving defective 15 15
Animals improperly kept 4 4
House overcrowded 16 16
No ventilation under ground floor 3 3
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACT, 1890.
During the year 1911 a very large number of applications were
made to me to inspect and certify premises let out in tenements
under the provisions of the above Act, in order to obtain exemption
from Inhabited House Duty.
The following is a list of the premises which I inspected and for which I gave certificates, after necessary alterations, repairs and cleansing had been completed:—
| Premises. | No. of Tenements. |
| 65, Dalston Lane | 5 |
| Sylvester House, Sylvester Road | 80 |
| 11 to 85, Egerton Road | 76 |
| 11a to 85a, Egerton Road | |
| 95 to 109, Ravensdale Road | 16 |
| 95a to 109a, Ravensdale Road | |
| 4, 4a, 5, 5a, 6, 6a, 16, 16a, Freemont Street | 8 |
| 1 & 1a, Hilsea Street | 2 |