London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1919
This page requires JavaScript
74
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT,
1904.
the above Act. These homes were inspected, with the following results:—
| No. of Homes Inspected. | No. of Homes where Rooms alone were found Verminous. | No. of Homes where Bedding or Clothes and Rooms were found Verminous. | No. of Homes not Verminous |
|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | 3 | 6 | 217 |
The verminous bedding and clothing were taken to the disinfecting
station and steamed, and the verminous rooms fumigated
and, where necessary, notices were served upon the owners to cleanse
and strip the rooms if vermin was afterwards found apparent.
THE MORTUARY.
The following tables give the number of bodies deposited
in the Mortuary during the year, also the number of inquests held
there, with the causes of death, etc.
Number of bodies deposited in Mortuary 379
1. To await inquests—(a) Infectious —
(b) Non-infectious 353
2. To await burial 26
Number of post-mortems made 117