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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The house or part in a dirty condition | 89 | 89 |
,, ,, damp ,, | 9 | 9 |
„ „ dilapidated condition | 39 | 39 |
„ „ verminous „ | 12 | 12 |
The w.c. so foul as to be a nuisance | 3 | 3 |
„ without a water supply | 2 | 2 |
„ with a deficient supply of water | 13 | 13 |
„ so defective as to be a nuisance | 7 | 7 |
„ choked | 12 | 12 |
Defective yard paving | 9 | 9 |
The sink waste defective | 1 | 1 |
No dustbin or dilapidated dustbin | 10 | 10 |
The drain defective | 1 | 1 |
The drain choked | 2 | 2 |
The rain water pipe defective | 6 | 6 |
The roof defective | 28 | 28 |
The gutter defective | 7 | 7 |
The wash house paving defective | 2 | 2 |
The house or part overcrowded | 4 | 4 |
Insufficient ventilation beneath the ground floor | 3 | |
Scullery or w.c. roofs defective | 11 | 11 |
Smoke nuisances | 3 | 3 |
Yards dirty | 4 | 4 |
Dangerous structures | 10 | 10 |
No. of premises on register end of 1912 | 226 |
No. of premises inspected | 167 |
No. of premises empty | 59 |
No. of premises on which nuisances found | 68 |
Intimation notices served | 68 |