Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 186 3.
To the Board of Works for the Hackney District,
Gentlemen,
During the year I have, in company with
Mr. Valentine, inspected the following localities, either
in consequence of information that nuisances existed
thereon; or that epidemic diseases were prevailing therein;
or in the ordinary course of my inspection of the
houses inhabited by the poor, viz: Crown-court, Homerton
(10 houses); College-street, Homerton (12 houses);
Plough-lane, Mare-street; London-lane; Tudor-grove;
High-street, Homerton; Pickle's - buildings, Lower
Homerton: The Oval, Cambridge-heath; Albion-road,
Morning-lane; St. John's-place, Wells-street(3houses);
Hockley-street, Morning-lane (5 houses); Lawrencebuildings
and vicinity (19 houses); John-street, West
Hackney; Samuel-row, West Hackney (8 houses); Elizabeth-place,
Dalston (20 houses); Buccleugh cottages,
Upper Clapton (10 houses); Needham-terrace, Clarenceroad
(10 houses); Bower-road, White Post-lane; Parkroad,
Hackney-wiek; Victoria-grove, Morpeth-road;