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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Streets and other Places Inspected in 1879.
No. of Houses in which Epidemic Diseases occurred.
| Name of Street or Road. | Number of Houses Inspected. | Number of Rooms. | Number of Families. | Number of Inmates. | No. of Houses in which Nuisances were found. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Fever. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 1735 | 7199 | 2528 | 10538 | 609 | 7 | 16 | .. | 15 | 2 |
| Frederick place | 6 | 30 | 8 | 51 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Fulham plac | 8 | 32 | 9 | 39 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Felstead street Homerton | 35 | 164 | 54 | 274 | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Gainsboro' road | 21 | 120 | 46 | 203 | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Gainsboro' square | 21 | 120 | 35 | 191 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| George place | 4 | l6 | 4 | 21 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| George street, Ada street | 25 | 100 | 38 | 172 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| George street, London fields | 15 | 90 | 31 | 135 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Goring street | 43 | 72 | 81 | 350 | 42 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Grove, Homerton | 31 | 126 | 47 | 147 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Grove lane, Hackney | 12 | 48 | 20 | 103 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | |
| Grove lane, Stamford Hill | 39 | 51 | 51 | 214 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Grove road, Stamford Hill | 29 | 94 | 34 | 151 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hartwell street | 3 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Havelock road | 59 | 230 | 98 | 387 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Haywood's buildings | 4 | 10 | 4 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| J ledger's grove | 48 | 198 | 79 | 337 | 29 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hemsley street and | 28 | 132 | 39 | 166 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Hertford road | 35 | 160 | 49 | 236 | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Heslop place | 12 | 48 | 14 | 63 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| High hill ferry | 131 | 479 | 192 | 886 | 54 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Holmbrook street | 65 | 252 | 114 | 493 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| High street, Homerton | 26 | 104 | 33 | 153 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Hill street | 6 | 30 | 7 | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hindle street | 35 | 148 | 57 | 249 | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Hockley street | 24 | 88 | 31 | 117 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Holly street | 40 | 494 | 187 | 921 | 61 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Homer road | 33 | 164 | 55 | 239 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Homerton row | 6 | 24 | 6 | 34 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Tane's place | 8 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Jerusalem gardens | 43 | 127 | 49 | 211 | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| John street, Homerton | 22 | 84 | 27 | "9 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| John street, Shackle-well | 40 | 160 | 69 | 312 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Carried forward | 2694 | 12298 | 4142 | 17749 | 1065 | 11 | 23 | .. | 21 | 2 |