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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Number of Requests to remove Dust received and attended to 2639
„ Bodies deposited and taken to the Mortuary 33
,, Houses from which Bedding, &c., was removed
to he Disinfected at the Board's apparatus 327
,, Articles Disinfected at the Board's apparatus 4483-
,, Fish condemned unfit for human food—pads 11
PREMISES INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR.
Number of Houses inspected under the Sanitary Act, 1866 6197
,, Houses in which infectious diseases had appeared 573
,, Premises inspected from complaints received 881
„ Cowsheds inspected 93
,, Slaughter-houses inspected 47
,, Greengrocers' yards inspected 157
,, Fishmongers' and Poulterers' yards inspected 113
,, Bakehouses inspected 181
,, Houses measured as well as inspected 36
,, Urinals inspected (twice) 167
,, Tripe Dressers inspected . . 3
Total number of premises inspected 7148
NUMBER OF NUISANCES ABATED
IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
In 1856 | 1567 | In 1865 | 1512 | In 1874 | 6110 |
1857 | 1789 | 1866 | 4260 | 1875 | 6262 |
1858 | 2515 | 1867 | 5811 | 1876 | 6445 |
1859 | 1224 | 1868 | 3923 | 1877 | 6257 |
1860 | 1267 | 1869 | 4354 | 1878 | 5912 |
1861 | 2481 | 1870 | 4240 | 1879 | 5468 |
1862 | 1235 | 1871 | 5180 | 1880 | 5720 |
1863 | 1996 | 1872 | 3099 | ||
1864 | 1410 | 1873 | 5406 |