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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1900

Forty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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Table: Table W. Showing summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' reports for the Year 1900.

Table W. Showing summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' reports for the Year 1900.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
1.2.3.4.S.67.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.
House to House Inspections49101031757046967531502264929883
Number of Houses inspected2374815982672644913862752617706072553263325,550
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c.4,0003,0113,2933,8633,1012,9093,9013,5463,3774,4714,7173,7203,0982,91949,926
Visits to Bakehouses...........................42.........6
Do. Cowhouses..............................32310...36
Do. Slaughter-houses......1............61......8
Do. Stables and Yards16118220608582712702911082303801,3512934,016
Do. Courts, &c..................................1......1
Do. Factories and Workshops.................................437
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c............................2............2
Do.Factories, Horse Slaughter-horse, Piggeries, &c., Belle Isle...............1..55.....1......57
Do. Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts .16128322355463340242938...22441
Dust Removals ordered.........1..................1......13
Registered Lodging Houses............................................
Total Inspections, &c.4,3183,7484,2184,7783,4633,4774,4514,1394,0915,4325,7394,6494,8373,59660,936
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed109155272487012691991154884107591,095
Improved or repaired179331.2312231350741241623837697
Traps fixed3781662301352432984544073834021313023661284,013
CesspoolsAbolished......5......1......4256...23
Cleansed or disinfected......11......5......1...............17