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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 1922

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922

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Table: Housing and work of sanitary inspection.Public Health (London) Act,1891.

Housing and work of sanitary inspection.

Public Health (London) Act,1891.

Year.IntimationStatutoryLegal
Notices.Notices.Proceedings.
19134,8522234
19143,98028013
19182,46625824
19194,78040560
19206,781982116
19218,0321,701117
19226,7131,20795

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Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Act, 1920.
The number of certificates granted under the Increase of
Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restriction) Act, 1920, during the
year was 31. In order to obtain any relief under the Sanitary
Certificate Section action must be taken by the tenant at the
County Court, and there is on this account no eagerness to take
advantage of the Section. In 24 cases the work required on the
notice was carried out without action being taken. In 4 cases
action was taken and the work carried out. In 3 cases action
was taken and the increase of rent remains suspended, the work
not yet being carried out.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904.
During the year attention was drawn by the Medical Officer
(Education) of the London County Council to 151 homes in the
Borough from which children were attending school in a verminous
condition, asking that steps be taken to deal with them under
the above Act.
These homes were inspected, with the following
results:—