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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 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: Table of Sanitary Work, January, 1856 to March 30, 1882

Table of Sanitary Work, January, 1856 to March 30, 1882

Year.Cesspools emptied, filled up, & drained lnto Sewer.Impairs, Cleansed or Whitewash.Choked Drains cleansed or repaired or ro-laid.Yards paved or paving re-laid.Dust Bins Provided.Houses to which a better sup-plyof water has been given or the apparatus improved.Housos DisinfectedTotal Number of Nuisances Abated.
185637293164................1567
1857351226337................1789
18581518132138................2515
185944785138................1224
1860264182256....No separate record kept of these until 1867.1226
1861300252294....2487
1862257247358....1235
1863330367359................1696
1864169211411................1410
1865213252433................1512
18664981415735................4260
4719
18671661217565508....3192975811
1868671321374461....993183923
1869431767277228....453764354
1870312388653326386702674240
187111325303442262151239285180
18722720213501303351602133909
1873152437536343687186705406
18744724227383818662642246110
187518194775724546914932556262
18762821965972965378416516445
1877622717433234622548136257
18781720616054844681826975912
1879622785292363425572495468
1880819466573013275265735720
1881171996712978281401104511306
1882
up to March 2531747528542107107
53313443412135575154175627 *4719 10,3467083107224

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The above synopsis of the structural sanitary works, carried out
under the orders of the Sanitary Staff since 1856, was prepared
for a return to the Metropolitan Board of Works. It shows
that since the passing of the "Metropolis Local Management
Act," there have been 5,331 cesspools emptied and filled up, and
proper water closets erected and connected with the sewers of the
Board. That 34,434 orders for the cleansing and repair of
inhabited houses in the District have been issued and enforced;