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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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Wash-house paving defective | 3 | 3 |
| The house or part overcrowded | 2 | 2 |
| An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 1 | 1 |
| The space beneath the ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 1 | 1 |
| Scullery roof defective | 17 | 17 |
| The w.c. roof defective | 5 | 5 |
| Scullery sink defective | 1 | 1 |
| Smoke nuisances from defective coppers, &c. | 4 | 4 |
| No. on register at end of 1913 | 226 | |
| No. of premises inspected | 175 | |
| „ empty | 51 | |
| „ nuisances found | 61 | |
| „ „ abated | 61 | |
| No. of intimations served | 61 | |
| Found. | Abated. | |
| The house or part in dirty condition | 51 | 51 |
| „ dilapidated condition | 8 | 8 |
| The w.c. foul | 13 | 13 |
| „ without water supply | 4 | 4 |
| „ defective | 8 | 8 |
| „ so defective as to be a nuisance | 5 | 5 |
| „ stopped | 2 | 2 |
| „ soil pipe unventilated | 3 | 3 |
| The yard dirty | 10 | 10 |
| The water cistern foul | 2 | 2 |
| The sink waste pipe connected | 4 | 4 |
| No dustbin | 19 | 19 |
| The drain foul | 5 | 5 |
| The drain choked | 12 | 12 |
| The rain water pipe defective | 13 | 13 |