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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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| The waste pipe of sink defective | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| The bath waste untrapped | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| The want of proper dustbin | 18 | — | 18 | — |
| Dustbin defective | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| The drain defective | 19 | — | 19 | — |
| The drain choked | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| The rain water pipe defective | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| The house without a water supply | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| The roof and gutters defective | 33 | — | 33 | — |
| The washhouse paving „ | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| The bakehouse walls and ceilings dirty | 3 | — | 3 | — |
| Animals improperly kept | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| The house overcrowded | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| The ground floor unventilated | 3 | — | 3 | — |
Articles of Food Seized or Surrendered as Unfit for Food.—
During the year 1912 the following articles of food were seized
by the Inspectors or surrendered as being unfit for food, viz.:—
13cwt. 2 qrs. meat; 1 ton 8 cwt. 3 qrs. 2 lbs. fish; 1 ton 2 cwt. 1 qr.
13 lbs. fruit and vegetables; 3 cwt. 3 qrs. 26 lbs. tinned foods.
DAIRIES, COWHOUSES, AND MILKSHOPS.
(a) Cowhouses.—The licensed cowkeepers in the Borough have
again decreased in number during the past year. At the end of
1912 they numbered 14. with 18 cowsheds. One licence and 2 cowsheds
had been given up during the year. Inspector Bobbitt reports
that he made 174 visits of inspection to the cowsheds during the
year. He served two intimation notices for repair, one of which
was immediately complied with, but the other not until objection
had been made to the renewal of the license. On September 23rd,
the Public Health Committee made their annual visit to the cowhouses
in the Borough. These were found to be in a satisfactory
condition with the exception of 3, which were dirty, and in 5 others
an excess of cobwebs were present. The required cleansing was
done on the service of notices.