Note 47 — APPENDIX. (continued 2)

Mr. W. B. Robinson, the Registrar for West Hackney District, describes the condition of the houses where the greatest mortality prevails as “bad, with murky superficial gutters within a yard of the front doors. Supply of water bad, quite insufficient for health, and that only three times a week; cleanliness not prevailing. Shacklewell is, beyond doubt, the most healthy village in the district, or, I may say (after nearly 30 years’ practice here), within the same distance from London (two miles). The only parts of the district that are particularly unhealthy are the streets I have named, together with Hartwell street, Dalston; but all these require three things only to render them not less healthy than the other parts of the neighbourhood: 1. Proper and effectual drainage, and removal of superficial drains and gutters. 2. A constant supply of water, so as to wash away impurities in the drains, and enable the inhabitants to preserve a greater degree of cleanliness, &c. 3. That the houses should be kept in better repair, and frequently limewashed; and the privies should be more frequently emptied, and not allowed to run over; and that any stagnant ditch, within a certain distance from houses, should be covered over.”