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]
TABLE CXIII.—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 | 84 | 91 | 64 | 63 | 302 |
35. The dustbin or ashpit defective | 193 | 262 | 220 | 265 | 940 |
36. „ placed in an improper position | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 |
37. The drain foul | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
38. ,, defective | 169 | 200 | 195 | 184 | 748 |
39 ,, choked or stopped | 66 | 104 | 56 | 47 | 273 |
40. „ unventilated | 36 | 65 | 47 | 35 | 183 |
41. The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain | 54 | 67 | 40 | 32 | 193 |
42 ,, ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe.. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
43. „ „ defective | 33 | 46 | 36 | 66 | 181 |
44. The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C. | 2 | 15 | .. | 1 | 18 |
45. The house without a proper water supply | 107 | 137 | 122 | 116 | 482 |
46. The roof defective | 77 | 71 | 74 | 103 | 325 |
47. The guttering defective | 45 | 60 | 45 | 78 | 228 |
48. The area improperly paved | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 |
49. ,, dirty | 1 | 4 | .. | 3 | 8 |
50. „ undrained | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
51. The paving of the washhouse defective | 9 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 68 |
52. The back addition walls defective | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 33 |
53. The want of a proper manure receptacle | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
54. The bakehouse walls dirty | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
55. An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 14 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 54 |
56. The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 25 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 97 |
57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 8 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 83 |
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 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 23 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 84 |
All Nuisances | 2,573 | 2,841 | 2,511 | 2,588 | 10,513 |