Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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1904] 204
TABLE CXXII.—
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 | 51 | 52 | 43 | 61 | 207 |
35. | The dustbin or ashpit defective | 133 | 141 | 164 | 219 | 657 |
36. | „ ,, placed in an improper position | 1 | 5 | 4 | .. | 10 |
37. | The drain foul | 12 | 22 | 57 | 10 | 101 |
38. | „ defective | 278 | 277 | 285 | 264 | 1,104 |
39. | ,, choked or stopped | 57 | 114 | 84 | 51 | 306 |
40. | ,, unventilated | 135 | 135 | 143 | 119 | 532 |
41. | The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain | 85 | 85 | 93 | 68 | 331 |
42 | ,, ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
43. | „ ,, defective | 40 | 38 | 26 | 42 | 146 |
44. | The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
45. | The house without a proper water supply | 20 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 94 |
46. | The roof defective | 61 | 50 | 97 | 76 | 284 |
47. | The guttering defective | 48 | 38 | 49 | 46 | 181 |
48. | The area improperly paved | 31 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 90 |
49. | ,, dirty | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
50. | „ undrained | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
51. | The paving of the washhouse defective | 27 | 42 | 52 | 49 | 170 |
52. | The back addition walls defective | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 |
53. | The want of a proper manure receptacle | 2 | .. | 4 | 3 | 9 |
54. | The bakehouse walls dirty | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
55. | An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 13 | 18 | 12 | 31 | 74 |
56. | The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 36 | 27 | 36 | 39 | 138 |
57. | An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
59. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated | 33 | 13 | 34 | 21 | 101 |
60. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 63 | 48 | 36 | 33 | 180 |
All Nuisances | 2,982 | 3,311 | 3,605 | 2,996 | 12,894 |