SANITARY RAMBLINGS IN BETHAL GREEN: HECTOR GAVIN 1848
A detailed report on Bethnal Green was published in 1848 by Dr. Hector Gavin, health inspector and lecturer at Charing Cross hospital.
He wrote before development around Victoria Park, when the 'most respectable' area was Hackney Road. The rest of the parish, including the area on either side of Green Street, was described as 'filthy', 'appalling', and 'disgusting'.
The report covers such topics as: 'Location and structure of dwelling-houses', 'Warming and ventilation of houses', 'House cleansing', 'Privies and cesspools', 'Paving', 'Street cleansing', 'Sewerage', 'Interments', 'Nuisances', 'Water supply', and 'Sickness and Disease and Mortality'.
The text is accompanied by a map and descriptions of the five medical relief districts of the parish of Bethnal Green.
Read the full report at Victorianlondon.org
