London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Number of Public Schools inspected. 24
„ Bailway Stations inspected 10
„ Lodging Houses' Notices served. 26
„ Notices for Disinfecting Premises. 561
„ Preliminary Notices served.. 3356
„ Peremptory „. 3961
„ Statutory „. 1387
— 9325
Number of Letters sent out 1671
„ Persons summoned before a magistrate 44
„ Copies of Summonses and Orders made
out 264
„ Bequests to remove Dust received and
attended to.. 1260
„ Bodies deposited and taken to the
Mortuary 54
„ Houses from which Bedding, &c., was
removed to be Disinfected at the
Board's apparatus. 342
„ Articles Disinfected at the Board's
Disinfecting Chamber. 2678
„ Pads of Fish condemned as being
unfit for human food. about 18
PBEM1SES 1NSPECTED DUP1NG THE YEAR.
| Number of Houses inspected under the Sanitary Act, 1866 | 4227 | ||
| Houses in which 1nfectious Diseases had appeared | *561 | ||
| Premises inspected from complaints received | 812 | ||
| „ | Cowsheds inspected (sheds) | 61 | |
| „ | „ „ (premises) | 114 | |
| „ | Slaughter-houses inspected | 45 | |
| „ | Greengrocers' yards inspected | 101 | |
| 5007 | |||
* There were 745 Cases of various diseases in 561 premises.