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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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| Nuisances. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House or part in a dilapidated condition | 18 | 18 | - | - |
| W.C. without a water supply | 2 | 1 | - | |
| W.C. with a deficient water supply | 32 | 28 | 3 | 4 |
| W.C. improperly constructed 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | |
| W.C. so defective as to be a nuisance | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| W.C. stopped | 13 | 13 | — | — |
| Insufficient external ventilation to W.C. | 19 | 19 | — | |
| Yard paving defective | 110 | 75 | 21 | 14 |
| Yard in a dirty condition | 7 | 7 | — | — |
| Gully improperly placed within house | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Sink waste improperly trapped | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| Sink waste defective | 37 | 21 | 7 | 9 |
| Water cistern in dirty condition | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Water cistern without proper cover | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Accumulation of rubbish in | ||||
| yard | 10 | 10 | — | — |
| Defective dust bin | 91 | 64 | 12 | 15 |
| Defective drain | 96 | 58 | 21 | 17 |
| Choked drain | 10 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Ventilation pipe of drain defective | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Drain unventilated | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Rain water pipe directly connected to drain | 16 | 11 | 5 | — |
| Eain water pipes defective | 69 | 42 | 21 | 6 |
| Defective roof | 103 | 61 | 26 | 17 |
| Defective Guttering | 67 | 37 | 16 | 10 |
| Defective paving of area | 23 | 18 | 3 | 2 |