London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hackney 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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38
Privy Cesspools emptied, filled up, and drained into
the Sewer 15
Choked Drains cleansed or repaired, or re-laid 292
New Traps provided 679
Yards drained 244
Privy pans choked 95
Total number of nuisances from defective drainage 1325
Yards paved or paving re-laid 343
Houses repaired, white-washed, &c 2437
Number of Dust Bins provided 687
No. of houses in which the ventilation has been
improved 16
„ to which a better supply of water has
been given 186
Total number of nuisances from defect in houses 3669
Number of houses disinfected 70
„ „ overcrowded 32
Pigs removed 46
Stable Dung and other refuse removed 72
Filthy places cleansed 63
Other nuisances removed 129
412
Total number of nuisances abated 5406
Number of Lodging Houses' Notices served 68
„ Notices for disinfecting and cleansing premises 70
„ Letters sent out 581
„ Preliminary notices served 3514
„ Peremptory 1532
„ Statutory 830
„ Persons summoned before a Magistrate 75
„ Copies of summonses and orders made out 450
,, Dust complaints received and attended to 1705
„ Bodies deposited and taken to the Mortuary 21
„ Houses from which Bedding, &c., removed and
disinfected at Board's Apparatus 22
„ Articles disinfected at Board's Apparatus 243
„ Fish condemned unfit for human food pads 53