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19111
1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1911 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 Total
Overcrowding 26 12 15 14 22 14 4 13 4 13 30 9 8 9 24 14 231
Ventilation 14 13 2 5 4 3 5 8 11 4 8 31 12 29 20 23 192
Dirty Premises 311 195 109 99 217 218 231 423 630 412 448 970 719 425 505 449 6,361
Drains 554 458 375 313 216 177 90 50 19 15 4 19 261 61 * * 2,612
W.C.'s 420 325 341 355 411 375 154 161 165 151 190 620 573 677 522 471 5,911
Water supplies 79 41 35 20 19 13 83 54 18 38 17 23 45 40 46 53 624
Surface drains 79 109 87 51 78 81 2 53 40 34 39 45 72 99 116 47 1,032
* Now included in District Inspector's summary.
Cleanliness. — 465 premises were found in an uncleanly state, and 441)
were remedied. The numbers for the six preceding years have been 505, 425,
719,970, 448 and 412.
Effluvium Nuisances.—None were found.
Ventilation.—Insufficient ventilation was discovered in 21 instances,and
23, which include some remaining over from 1910, were remedied before the
close of the year.
Overcrowding.—18 instances of overcrowding came under the observation
of the Inspectors, and 14 of these had been abated before the year
terminated.
In the preceding years the numbers were 13 in 1905, 30 in 1906,9 in 1907,
8 in 1908, 9 in 1909, and 24 in 1910. Overcrowding in the workshops in
Islington is not unduly prevalent.
Want of Drainage of Floors.—In 50 instances the floors of workshops,
chiefly laundries, were found to be insufficiently drained, and consequently
a notice was served in each instance, and 47 have already been
complied with.
Sanitary Accommodation.—Special attention was given to the provision
of this class of accommodation in workplaces, particularly to that
provided for the sexes, and resulted in separate accommodation being required
in 4 instances, in 2 of which it had been provided before the close of the year.