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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 1916
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1916
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During the year 1916, Miss Portlock (the inspector appointed
for the inspection of outworkers premises) made 1,268 inspections
and 1,010 re-inspections. She also made 467 visits without inspections,
the outworkers having left the premises (145), or having
given up homework (74), or being out at the time of visit (188),
or owing to a wrong address being given (42), or the premises
being workshops (17), or male workers alone being employed (1).
was a room set apart entirely for work. In the remainder, work was carried on in rooms used for other purposes, as set out below :—
| Workroom, bedroom, kitchen and living rooms | 61 |
| „ ,, and living room | 49 |
| „ „ ,, kitchen | 32 |
| ,, and kitchen | 871 |
| ,, ,, bedroom | 114 |
| „ „ parlour | 47 |
| „ „ scullery | 9 |
| „ „ bath room | 2 |
| „ „ landing | 1 |
| Workroom provided separate | 65 |
| Total | 1,251 |
COMBINED DRAINAGE WORKS REFERRED TO THE
BOROUGH ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR DURING 1916.
During this year 12 notices of defective systems of combined
drainage works were referred for consideration to the Surveyor.
DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms.—During 1916 there were 2.261 rooms fumigated
and 369 rooms cleansed in the Borough by the staff of the Public
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