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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Number of premises where the conditions were found to be
satisfactory or otherwise under the following heads:—
Mandeville Street (part),
Rushmore Road (part),
Sheep Lane (part).
Satisfactory.
Unsatisfactory.
1. The arrangements for preventing
the contamination of the water
supply 69 —
2. Closet accommodation 69 —
3. Drainage 59 10
4. The condition of the dwelling-house
in regard to light, the free circulation
of air, dampness, and cleanliness
10 59
5. The paving, drainage, and sanitary
condition of any yard or outhouse
belonging to or occupied with the
dwelling-house 48 21
6. The arrangements for the deposit
of refuse and ashes 55 14
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 — —
8. Any defects in other matters which
may tend to render the dwellinghouse
dangerous or injurious to
the health of the inhabitants 62 7