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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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| Holmbrook Street, Crozier Terrace, and Mandeville Street (part). | ||
|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. | |
| 1. The arrangements for preventing the contamination of the water supply | 88 | - |
| 2. Closet accommodation | 88 | — |
| 3. Drainage | 82 | 6 |
| 4. The condition of the dwelling-house in regard to light, the free circulation of air, dampness, and cleanliness | 3 | 85 |
| 5. The paving, drainage, and sanitary condition of any yard or outhouse belonging to or occupied with the dwelling-house | 26 | 62 |
| 6. The arrangements for the deposit of refuse and ashes | 63 | 25 |
| 7. The existence of any room which would, in pursuance of Subsection (7), be a dwelling-house so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation | 88 | - |
| 8. Any defects in other matters which may tend to render the dwelling-house dangerous or injurious to the health of the inhabitants | 71 | 17 |
On the 4th December, 1913, I represented to the Public Health
Committee, under Section 17 of the Housing, Town Planning, &c.,
Act, 1909, the following premises, viz., 1 and 2, Cross Road Mews,
owing to their dilapidated and filthy condition, to be in a state