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Islington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1910
NOTICES SERVED FOR THE ABATEMENT OF SMOKE
NUISANCES DURING 1910.
Black Smoke having been observed issuing from the chimneys of the
undermentioned premises, notices were served on the owners of the business
requiring its abatement.
82, York Road.
Ink Factory, Gillespie Road.
Mayfield Laundry, Gillespie Road.
Smethurst's Laundry, 91a, Fonthill Road.
166-170, Holloway Road.
Highbury Brewery, Holloway Road.
114, Duncombe Road.
Lighting Station (G.N.R.), Drayton Road.
Potted Meat Factory, Brewery Road.
Hobbs Hart, Arlington Street.
132, Holloway Road.
Green's Factory, Dagmar Terrace.
Thorley's Factory, All Saints Street
16, Rheidol Terrace.
SYNOPSIS OF THE DISTRICT INSPECTORS' SANITARY WORK FROM 1891 to 1910 (20 years).
| Houses inspected and visited | 1,181,844 |
| Drains Constructed - | 20,694 |
| „ Improved and repaired | 17,288 |
| „ Traps fixed | 98,343 |
| Water closets, pan, trap, etc., furnished | 21,598 |
| „ Pan and trap only, furnished | 19,670 |
| „ Water only, furnished | 8,482 |
| Soil pipe, defective, renewed or remedied | 4,012 |
| „ Insufficiently ventilated, fully ventilated | 3,491 |
| ,, Unventilated, ventilation supplied | 5,897 |
| Dust Bins, Provided | 17,455 |
| „ Repaired | 3,942 |
| Surface drainage, Constructed | 11,930 |
| „ Relaid | 23,621 |
| Water supply, new cisterns provided | 4,319 |
| ,, Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 11,873 |
| „ New supply | 7,439 |
| Houses generally Repaired | 9,455 |
| „ Cleansed | 17,579 |
| „ Ventilated | 13,434 |
| Other Improvements | 137,231 |
| Total Improvements | 457,753 |