Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1900] 168
Table CI.—Continued.
NUISANCES. | QUARTERS. | |||||
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1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | ||
34. | An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit | 37 | 31 | 26 | 34 | 128 |
35. | The dustbin or ashpit defective | 113 | 131 | 114 | 152 | 510 |
36. | „ ,, placed in an improper position | 4 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 55 |
37. | The drain foul | 12 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
38. | „ defective | 307 | 251 | 221 | 290 | 1,069 |
39. | „ choked or stopped | 81 | 84 | 67 | 47 | 279 |
40. | ,, unventilated | 162 | 144 | 153 | 173 | 632 |
41. | The rainwater pipe in direct communication with the drain | 98 | 108 | 76 | 105 | 387 |
42. | „ „ in direct communication with the soil-pipe | 4 | 10 | 24 | 7 | 45 |
43. | „ „ defective | 45 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 138 |
44. | The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C | .. | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
45. | The house without a proper water supply | 25 | 41 | 31 | 26 | 123 |
46. | The roof defective | 86 | 41 | 54 | 60 | 241 |
47. | The guttering defective | 53 | 26 | 36 | 38 | 153 |
48. | The area improperly paved | 17 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 78 |
49. | „ dirty | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
50. | ,, undrained | 12 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 31 |
51. | The paving of the washhouse defective | 26 | 27 | 22 | 33 | 108 |
52. | The back addition walls defective | 4 | . . | 3 | 2 | 9 |
53. | The want of a proper manure receptacle | 7 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 30 |
54. | The bakehouse walls dirty | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 9 |
55. | An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 6 | 7 | 13 | 47 | |
56. | The house or part of the house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates. | 22 | 15 | 25 | 21 | 83 |
57. | An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 13 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 44 |
58. | A tent, van, shed, or similar structure used for human habitation which is in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
59. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilatec | 13 | 19 | 21 | 38 | 91 |
60. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 57 | 48 | 45 | 77 | 227 |
All Nuisances | 3,044 | 2,822 | 2,905 | 3,282 | 12,053 |