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 1914
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No. 11 District.
Number on register 226
Number of premises inspected 195
empty 31
„ nuisances found 86
„ ,, abated 86
Intimations served 86
Found. Abated.
House or part in dirty condition 49 49
„ dilapidated condition 6 6
W.C. in foul condition 14 14
„ without water supply 1 1
,, defective 9 9
„ so foul as to be a nuisance 3 3
„, stopped 4 4
Yard dirty for want of proper paving 7 7
Sink waste connected with drain 2 2
No dustbin 13 13
Drain foul and choked 3 3
Rainwater pipe defective 11 11
Roof leaky and defective 17 17
Gutters defective 28 28
Wash-house paving defective 5 5
Animals improperly kept 3 3
House overcrowded 14 14
No ventilation under ground floor 2 2
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACT, 1890.
The following is a list of premises which I inspected during
the year 1914, and for which I gave certificates for exemption from
Inhabited House Duty, after necessary alterations, repairs and
cleansing had been completed:—
Premises. No. of
Tenements
34 and 36, Boleyn Road 5
2, Church Road, Kingsland 4
14, Stamford Hill 3
19, De Beauvoir Square 2