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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 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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43
Number of Letters sent out 1125
„ Persons summoned before a magistrate 31
„ copies of summonses and orders made out 186
„ dust complaints received and attended to 2296
„ bodies deposited and taken to the Mortuary 17
„ houses from which bedding, &c., was removed
to be disinfected at the Board's apparatus 94
„ articles disinfected at the Board's apparatus 1424
„ fish condemned unfit for human food—pads 9
PREMISES INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR.
Number of houses inspected under the Sanitary Act, 1866 6025
„ „ in which infectious diseases had appeared 249
„ premises inspected from complaints received 629
„ cowsheds inspected 86
„ slaughter-houses inspected 49
„ greengrocers' yards inspected 154
„ fishmongers' and poulterers' yards inspected 108
„ bakehouses inspected 178
„ houses measured as well as inspected 6
„ urinals inspected 194
„ tripe dressers inspected 2
Total number of premises inspected 7680

Table: NUMBER OF NUISANCES ABATED In the following Years:—

NUMBER OF NUISANCES ABATED In the following Years:—

In 18561567In 18641110In 18723099
„ 18571789„ 18651512„ 18735406
„ 18582515„ 18664260„ 18746110
„ 18591224„ 18675811„ 18756262
„ 18601267„ 18683923„ 18766445
„ 18612481„ 18694354„ 18776257
„ 18621235„ 18704240„ 18785912
„ 18631996„ 18715180„ 18795468