Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1910]
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS. Table CXI.
Inspector Ward. | Inspector Hancock | Tota1. | ||||||||||
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1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | |||
Number of Houses inspected | 118 | 150 | 104 | 114 | 486 | 259 | 286 | 284 | 264 | 1,093 | 1.579 | |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 884 | 963 | 852 | 1,088 | 3,787 | 1,452 | 1,427 | 1,315 | 1.520 | 5,714 | 9,501 | |
Total inspections and calls | 1,002 | 1,113 | 956 | 1,202 | 4,273 | 1,711 | 1,713 | 1,599 | 1,784 | 6.807 | 11,080 | |
Notices Served. | ||||||||||||
Intimation | Personally | 24 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 71 | 97 | 80 | 104 | 83 | 364 | 435 |
By Post | 29 | 32 | 27 | 29 | 117 | 73 | 07 | 79 | 89 | 308 | 425 | |
Statutory | Personally | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 28 | ||
By Post | .. | 7 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 57 | 64 | |||
Improvements. | ||||||||||||
Drains— | ||||||||||||
Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Re-constructed | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | 6 | |
Repaired | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 14 | |
Ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Gully and other Traps fixed | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 45 | 47 | |
Urinals— | ||||||||||||
Water supplied—cleansed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cesspools— | ||||||||||||
Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Water Closets— | ||||||||||||
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | |
Pan and trap only provided | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 34 | |
Water supply provided | 33 | 54 | 51 | 41 | 179 | 39 | 15 | 29 | 28 | 111 | 290 | |
Ventilated | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Position altered | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Dust Bins— | ||||||||||||
Provided | .. | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 74 | 95 | |
Repaired | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | |
Areas— | ||||||||||||
Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Yards— | ||||||||||||
Paved | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Re paved | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 30 | |
Sinks— | ||||||||||||
Provided | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | 17 | 24 | 27 | |
Domestic Water Supply— | ||||||||||||
Cisterns provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 10 | 10 | 10 | .. | 30 | 2 | 15 | .. | 10 | 27 | 57 | |
Water supply provided to dwelling house | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Water supply provided for tenement house | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 42 | |
Other Improvements— | ||||||||||||
Rooms cleansed or limewashed | 42 | 122 | 133 | 100 | 397 | 22 | 418 | 127 | 79 | 646 | 1,043 | |
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and whitewashed | 27 | 50 | 12 | 13 | 102 | .. | 69 | 19 | 7 | 95 | 197 | |
Floor space ventilated | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Floors repaired | 17 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 55 | 2 | .. | .. | 9 | 11 | 66 | |
Roofs repaired | 19 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 81 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 57 | 138 | |
Overcrowding abated | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 65 | 85 | |
Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |
Other Improvements or Nuisances abated | 119 | 113 | 126 | 130 | 488 | 180 | 142 | 121 | 177 | 620 | 1 108 | |
Rooms Disinfected | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | 7 | 8 | ||
Total Improvements | 298 | 407 | 407 | 337 | 1,449 | 315 | 734 | 373 | 461 | 1,883 | 3,332 | |
Total Premises Improved | 153 | 179 | 133 | 161 | 626 | 170 | 230 | 133 | 184 | 717 | 1,343 |