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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General character of defects found to exist in dwellings inspected
during 1911, under Section 17, Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909.
No. of premises where the conditions were found to be satisfactory or otherwise under the following heads:—
Helmsley Place. Helmsley Street. Chalgrove Road. | Nisbet Street. Marian Street. Hockley Street. Ribstone Street. Woolpack Place. | |||
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Satisfactory. | Unsatissactory. | Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. | |
1. The arrangements for preventing the contamination of the water supply | 113 | – | 144 | 3 |
2. Closet accommodation | 113 | – | 147 | – |
3. Drainage | 109 | 4 | 111 | 36 |
4. The condition of the dwelling-house in regard to light, the free circulation of air, dampness and cleanliness | 13 | 100 | 16 | 131 |
5. The paving, drainage and sanitary condition of any yard or out-houses belonging to or occupied with the dwelling-house | 93 | 20 | 113 | 34 |
6. The arrangements for the deposit of refuse and ashes | 98 | 15 | 90 | 57 |
7. The existence of any room which would, in pursuance or sub-section (3) of Section 17 of the Act of 1909, be a dwelling-house so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 113 | – | 147 | – |
8. Any defects in other matters which may tend to render the dwelling-house dangerous or injurious to the health of the inhabitants | 42 | 71 | 57 | 90 |