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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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Bye-laws for Houses Let in Lodgings.—The total number of
these houses on the Register at the end of 1912 was 469. All of
these, which were occupied, were inspected during the year 1913.
The following sets out in detail the results of the inspections
made, &c.:—
| No. on register at end of 1913 | 243 | |
| No. of premises inspected (1 empty) | 242 | |
| No. of premises on which nuisances found | 152 | |
| „ „ „ abated | 152 | |
| Intimation notices served | 158 | |
| Statutory notices served | 3 | |
| Found. | Abated. | |
| The house or part in a dirty condition | 120 | 120 |
| „ „ damp condition | 15 | 15 |
| „ „ dilapidated condition | 58 | 58 |
| „ „ dangerous condition | 13 | 13 |
| „ „ verminous condition | 8 | 8 |
| The w.c. so foul as to be a nuisance | 3 | 3 |
| „ without a water supply | 3 | 3 |
| „ with a deficient supply of water | 13 | 13 |
| „ so defective as to be a nuisance | 5 | 5 |
| „ choked | 6 | 6 |
| Yard paving defective | 12 | 12 |
| The sink waste defective | 2 | 2 |
| The ventilation shaft defective | 2 | 2 |
| No dustbin or dilapidated dustbin | 12 | 12 |
| The drain choked | 1 | 1 |
| The rainwater pipe choked | 2 | 2 |
| The rainwater pipe defective | 6 | 6 |
| The roof defective | 33 | 33 |
| The gutter defective | 8 | 8 |