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

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Hackney 1874

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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35
Privy Cesspools emptied, filled up, and drained into
the Sewer 47
Choked Drains cleansed or repaired, or re-laid 547
New Traps provided 479
Yards drained 191
Privy pans choked 108
Total number of nuisances from defective drainage 1372
Yards paved or paving re-laid 381
Houses repaired, whitewashed, &c. 2422
Number of Dust Bins provided 866
No. of houses in which the ventilation has been
improved 21
„ to which a better supply of water
has been given or the apparatus
improved 264
Total number of nuisances from defect in houses 3954
Number of houses disinfected 224
„ „ overcrowded 24
Pigs removed 43
Stable Dung and other refuse removed (excluding
dust) 101
Filthy places cleansed 113
Other nuisances removed 279
784
Total number of nuisances abated 6110
Number of Lodging Houses' Notices served 210
„ Notices for disinfecting premises 224
„ Letters sent out 571
„ Preliminary notices served 3712
„ Peremptory 1662
„ Statutory 873
„ Persons summoned before a magistrate 53
„ Copies of summonses and orders made out 318
„ Dust complaints received and attended to 1367
„ Bodies deposited and taken to the Mortuary 28
,, Articles disinfected at Board's Apparatus 395
„ Fish condemned unfit for human food pads 61