Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1886.

  • Hackney (London, England). Board of Works.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1886. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    31 number of requests for the removal of dust was 1,306, which, as many people will not have their dust removed except when they write, is by no means large. In 1885-6 the number was 1,238 against 1,306 in 1886-7. Nuisances Abated. — The number of nuisances abated during the year was very large, viz., 9,047 ; but was less thau in some of the preceding years, partly in consequence of the number of small houses visited having been fewer than usual; partly in con sequence of the long continued cold weather in winter and spring, which prevented the necessary works being carried out at that time; and partly from the number of better class houses inspected to ascertain the state of their drainage arrangements, which take up comparatively much more time than inspections of small property. The number of nuisances from defective drainage was 3,059, being 200 less than in 1885, but a large proportion of the deficiency arose from there having been only 186 instances of choked closet pans against 249 in 1885. This is a satisfactory return, as it shows that the poorer classes are getting more careful as regards the water-closets than they used to be some years ago, when they so frequently blocked them up the pans by throwing all kinds of rubbish into them. The number of premises in which bell-traps were found and yard-gullies substituted still remains large, viz., 1,127 against 1,226 in 1885 ; whilst the number of sink waste-pipes disconnected from the drains remains nearly the same, having been 604 against 629 ; and 271 stack-pipes disconnected against 241 in 1885. The nuisances from defective paving of yards numbered 815, of broken dust-bins 617, and of dirty houses cleansed 1,678, which, with 10 houses where defective ventilation was improved, make a total of 3,120, which, with 3,059 instances of improved means of drainage, make 6,179 nuisances abated in these houses. The number of water-closets to which a supply of water was newly provided was less than in former years, viz., 205, against 356 in 1885 ; and the same remark applies to
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