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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Nuisances. | Found. | Abated. |
---|---|---|
W.C. so foul as to be a nuisance | 23 | 22 |
W.C. with a deficient supply of water | 18 | 18 |
W.C. so defective as to be a nuisance | 24 | 24 |
W.C. stopped | 5 | 5 |
Defective yard paving | 19 | 19 |
Yard dirty | 13 | 13 |
Gully trap improperly placed within the house | 3 | 3 |
Sink waste untrapped | 4 | 4 |
Sink waste defective | 4 | 4 |
No dust bin or dilapidated dust bin | 22 | 22 |
Drain defective | 5 | 4 |
Eain-water pipe defective | 3 | 3 |
Eoof defective | 44 | 43 |
Guttering defective | 10 | 10 |
Area dirty | 2 | 2 |
Washhouse paving defective | 8 | 8 |
Animals improperly kept | 2 | 2 |
Back addition walls defective | 2 | 2 |
House, or part, overcrowded | 37 | 37 |
An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to provisions of Act | 2 | 2 |
No ventilation, or insufficient ventilation, beneath ground floor | 17 | 17 |
No draw tap on main | 3 | 3 |
Houses let in lodgings—Hackney Wick—
Houses on Register | 226 |
Houses inspected | 221 |
Houses empty | 5 |
Intimation Notices | 137 |
Statutory Notices | 14 |
Nuisances found | 137 |
Nuisance abated | 137 |