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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Number of Persons summoned before a magistrate 83
„ Copies of summonses and orders made
out 498
„ Dust complaints received and attended
to 2030
„ Bodies deposited and taken to the
Mortuary 59
„ Houses from which bedding, &c. was
removed to be disinfected at the
Board's Apparatus 323
„ Articles disinfected at the Board's
Apparatus 4282
„ Fish condemned unfit for human food
pads 13
PREMISES INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR 1878.
Number of Houses inspected under the Sanitary
Act, 1866 6104
Number of Houses in which epidemic disease has
appeared 697
Number of Premises inspected from complaints
received 587
Number of Cowsheds inspected 88
„ Slaughter houses inspected 58
„ Greengrocers' yards inspected 166
„ Fishmongers' and Poulterers' yards
inspected 105
„ Bakehouses inspected 184
„ Houses measured as well as inspected 114
,, Urinals inspected 107
,, Tripe Dressers Inspected 2
Total number of premises inspected 8212

Table: NUMBER OF NUISANCES ABATED

NUMBER OF NUISANCES ABATED

In the following Years :—
In 18561567In 18641410In 18723099
„ 18571789„ 18651512„ 18735406
„ 18582515„ 18664260„ 18746110
„ 18591224„ 18675811„ 18756262
„ 18601267„ 18683923„ 18766445
„ 18612487„ 18694354,, 18776257
„ 18621235„ 18704240„ 18785912
„ 18631696„ 18715180