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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Islington 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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272
19111
Yards.
Improperly paved 605
Dirty 114
Undrained 33
Drains.
Foul 16
Defective 703
Choked or stopped 255
Unventilated 132
Overcrowding 96
Underground Rooms 35
Other Nuisances 5,176
Total Nuisances 10,774
NOTICES SERVED FOR THE ABATEMENT OF SMOKE
NUISANCES DURING 1911.
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.
Plaistowe's, Wharfdale Road.
Smethurst's, 91a, Fonthill Road (2).
Mayfield Laundry, Gillespie Road.
69, Holloway Road.
Poulton & Noel's, 62, Brewery Road.
Green's Factory, Dagmar Terrace.
Highbury Steam Laundry, 87, Holloway Road.
Westinghouse Brake Co., 82, York Road.
Gt. Northern Electric Light Station, Drayton Park (3)
Times Laundry, York Road.
Provender Stores, Wellington Road.
59, Junction Road.
Lead Works, Southgate Road.
Engine, situated in Torrens Street.
Northern Polytechnic, Holloway Road.
239 Junction Road.
114, Duncombe Road.
Hornsey Road Baths.
Bottling Factory, Northampton Grove.