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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Details of house to house inspections made in the London Fields District during the year 1906 by Inspector Walter C. Vobe :—
| Houses inspected | ... | ... | ... ... | 186 |
| Intimation notices served ... | 160 | |||
| Statutory notices served | 19 | |||
| House or part in a dirty | ||||
| condition | 84 | 13 | 56 | 15 |
| House or part in a damp | ||||
| condition | 45 | 5 | 36 | 4 |
| House or part in a dilapidated | ||||
| condition | 52 | 10 | 30 | 12 |
| Inlet to the surface drain | ||||
| improperly trapped | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| W.C. so foul as to be a | ||||
| nuisance ... | 22 | 3 | 16 | |
| W.C. with a deficient supply | ||||
| of water | 17 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| W.C. improperly constructed | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| W.C. so defective as to be a | ||||
| nuisance | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| W.C. choked | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Insufficient external light and | ||||
| ventilation to W.C. | 13 | 2 | 11 | — |
| Soil pipe unventilated | 6 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Defective yard paving | 36 | 6 | 24 | 6 |
| Yard dirty | 10 | — | 4 | 6 |
| Yard undrained | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Gully trap improperly placed | ||||
| within the house | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Sink waste connected direct | ||||
| to the drain | 6 | — | 4 | 2 |
| Sink untrapped | 37 | 3 | 23 | 11 |
| Sink defective | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Lavatory waste connected | ||||
| direct to the drain | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Lavatory waste untrapped | 3 | — | 3 | — |