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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Inspector—Jas. W. Hall.
| Number of premises inspected | 341 | |||
| Number of premises on which nuisances were found | 280 | |||
| Number of intimation notices served | 372 | |||
| Number of statutory notices served | 22 | |||
| Found. | Abated. | In hand. | Outstanding. | |
| The house or part in a dirty condition | 141 | 124 | 3 | 14 |
| Ditto in a damp condition | 61 | 45 | 6 | 10 |
| Ditto in a dilapidated condition | 69 | 64 | 3 | 2 |
| Ditto in a verminous condition | 33 | 28 | 1 | 4 |
| Water closet with unsatisfactory water supply | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| Water closet in a defective condition | 26 | 25 | 1 | — |
| Ditto stopped | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Ditto with insufficient external ventilation | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Insufficient water closet accommodation | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| The drain ventilation, or soil, pipe defective | 13 | 12 | - | 1 |
| Yard paving defective | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| Drain openings within premises | 29 | 28 | — | 1 |
| Sink wastes directly connected with drains | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| Ditto untrapped | 67 | 61 | 1 | 5 |
| Ditto defective | 12 | 11 | — | 1 |
| Accumulation of refuse in yard | 11 | 11 | — | — |
| Dustbins defective | 51 | 44 | 1 | 6 |
| Drains defective | 79 | 62 | 5 | 12 |
| Drains in choked condition | 14 | 14 | — | — |
| Rainwater pipe directly connected with drain | 7 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Ditto defective | 17 | 16 | — | 1 |
| 1 House without a proper water supply | 3 | 3 | — | — |