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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 1913
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1913
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| Found. | Abated. | |
|---|---|---|
| The w.c. stopped | 2 | 2 |
| „ improperly placed | 1 | 1 |
| „ insufficiently ventilated | 4 | 4 |
| The soil pipe defective | 4 | 4 |
| „ unventilated | 1 | 1 |
| „ improperly ventilated | 2 | 2 |
| The yard in dirty condition, want of paving | 7 | 7 |
| „ „ and undrained | 4 | 4 |
| The waste pipe of sink connected with drain | 2 | 2 |
| „ „ defective | 3 | 3 |
| The bath waste untrapped | 1 | 1 |
| The want of proper dustbin | 16 | 16 |
| The dustbin defective | 10 | 10 |
| The drain choked and defective | 19 | 19 |
| The rain water pipe defective | 7 | 7 |
| The house without water supply | 4 | 4 |
| The roof and gutters defective | 21 | 21 |
| The washhouse paving defective | 6 | 6 |
| The bakehouse walls and ceiling dirty | 1 | 1 |
| Animals improperly kept | 8 | 8 |
| The house overcrowded | 7 | 7 |
| The ground floor unventilated | 1 | 1 |
Articles of Food seized or surrendered as Unfit for Food.—
During the year the following articles of food were seized,
by the Inspectors, or surrendered as being unfit for food, viz.:—
6 cwt. 21 lbs. meat; 10 cwt. 1 qr. 6 lbs. fish; 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 1 lb.
fruit and vegetables ; 1 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs. tinned foods.
COWHOUSES, DAIRIES AND MILKSHOPS.
(a) Cowhouses.—At the end of 1913 there were 14 licensed
cowkeepers in the Borough, with 16 sheds. This is a decrease of
2 sheds on the number licensed at the end of 1912. Inspector
Bobbitt reports that he made 200 inspections of these, and found
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