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. |
---|---|---|
House, or part of house dirty | 84 | 84 |
House, or part of house damp | 3 | 3 |
House, or part of house dilapidated | 5 | 5 |
W.C. so foul as to be a nuisance | 9 | 9 |
W.C. without a water supply | 1 | 1 |
W.C. with a deficient supply | 5 | 5 |
W.C. defective as to be a nuisance | 3 | 3 |
W.C. stopped | 3 | 3 |
W.C. soil pipe defective | 1 | 1 |
Yard paving defective | 11 | 11 |
Yard dirty | 3 | 3 |
Yard undrained | 2 | 2 |
Gulley traps inside the house | 4 | 4 |
Waste pipe and sink connected with drain | 2 | 2 |
Water cistern so foul as to be a nuisance | 1 | 1 |
Water cistern without a close fitting cover | 1 | 1 |
Without proper dust bins | 12 | 12 |
Dust bin defective | 1 | 1 |
Drain defective | 1 | 1 |
Drain choked or stopped | 4 | 4 |
Rain-water pipe connected to drain | 1 | 1 |
House without proper water supply | 4 | 4 |
Rain-water pipe defective | 13 | 13 |
Roof defective | 12 | 12 |
Guttering defective | 15 | 15 |
Paving of washhouse defective | 5 | 5 |
Back addition walls defective | 2 | 2 |
Want of proper manure receptacle | 1 | 1 |
Animals improperly kept | 4 | 4 |
Houses overcrowded | 11 | 11 |
Space under ground floor unventilated | 7 | 7 |
Space under ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 5 | 5 |