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Hackney 1858
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The nuisances abated by Mr. Valentine have been reported in each quarter, but the aggregate for the year is as follows:—
| Privies and Cesspools emptied | 277 |
| Stable and other Refuse removed | 261 |
| Premises lime-washed, purified, and repaired | 67 |
| Filthy Premises, &c., cleansed | 65 |
| Pigsties cleansed and repaired, &c | 60 |
| Choked Drains cleansed and repaired | 138 |
| Ditches cleansed | 25 |
| Other Nuisances abated | 101 |
| Total | 2512 |
To obtain the removal of so large a number of nuisances, it
has been necessary to take summonses out against ten persons only.
This extremely favourable result has been obtained partly by the
plan of requiring the attendance at the Board of all parties who
neglect or refuse to remove nuisances, after they have received the
proper notices; partly by my personal inspection, and by the energy
displayed by Mr. Valentine in following up the cases. There were
86 owners of property summoned to the Board, of whom 76 did the
necessary work.
The meteorology of the year has been considered in each of
the separate quarters, so that it is quite unnecessary for me to
recapitulate.
I remain, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN W. TRIPE.
May, 1859.
Received, and ordered to be Printed and Distributed, in the usual way,
J. J. TANNER.
Chairman.
30th June, 1859.