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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24
Privy Cesspools emptied, filled up, and drained into the
sewer 43
Privy Cesspools emptied (where there is no sewer) 34
Choked Drains cleansed and repaired, or re-laid 169
New Traps provided 441
Yards drained 108
Total number of nuisances from defective drainage, &c. 822
Yards paved 228
Houses repaired, white-washed, &c. 1767
Houses in which the ventilation has been improved 29
Houses to which a better supply of water has been given 45
Total number of nuisances from defects in houses 2069
Houses disinfected 376
Houses overcrowded 67
Pigs removed 24
Stable and other refuse removed 81
Filthy places cleansed 17
Other nuisances removed 898
1463
Total number of nuisances abated 4354
Number of Lodging-house notices served 1146
„ „ Letters sent out 582
,, „ Preliminary notices served 3237
„ ,, Peremptory notices served 1755
,, „ Statutory notices served 515
„ „ Notices served under the Workshop Regulation Act 74
,, „ Persons summoned before Magistrates 15
„ „ Copies of Summonses and Orders made out 510
,, „ Dust complaints received and attended to 1926
„ „ Bodies taken to the Mortuary 37
,, „ Work rooms measured 135