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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Table CXXXVI.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 128 | 10 | 59 | 55 | 8 | 12 | 125 | 42 | 19 | 81 | 67 | 22 | 36 | 37 | 701 |
Other premises inspected | 332 | 451 | 212 | 440 | 257 | 318 | 339 | 338 | 375 | 415 | 464 | 516 | 370 | 452 | 5279 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 3919 | 3985 | j368 | 4036 | 1093 | 3871 | *840 | 4134 | 3011 | 1674 | 4359 | 3975 | 4323 | 4715 | 55298 |
Ice Cream Factories inspected | 3 | 11 | 32 | 6 | 2; | 13 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 134 | |
Dairies and Milkshops ,, | 120 | 107 | 90 | 208 | 125 | 77 | 167 | 121 | 135 | 89 | 144 | 71 | 155 | 52 | 1661 |
Stables „ | 47 | 27 | 10 | 33 | 78 | 45 | 63 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 56 | 419 |
Yards ,, | 53 | 114 | 331 | 67 | 85 | 119 | 132 | 19 | 43 | 207 | 19 | 74 | 78 | 52 | 1393 |
Manure Depots | 86 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 88 |
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 70 | 7 | 20 | .. | .. | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 188 |
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | 15 | 74 | 74 | 36 | 185 | 33 | 59 | 41 | 3 | 203 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 771 |
Premises (re Certificate Customs and | |||||||||||||||
Inland Revenue Acts) inspected | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |
Smoke observations | 3 | 23 | .. | 19 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 42 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 161 |
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 26 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 355 |
Total Inspections and calls | 4803 | 4836 | 4218 | 4928 | 4862 | 4516 | 4805 | 00 CO | 3632 | CO o GO | 5155 | 4716 | 5017 | 5131 | 66466 |
Notices Served. Intimation — Personally | 225 | 46 | 100 | 169 | 83 | 20 | 141 | 85 | 101 | 62 | 134 | 24 | 66 | 292 | 1548 |
By Post | 9 | 6 | 2 | 225 | 91 | 3 | 191 | 118 | 26 | 99 | 77 | 247 | 113 | 161 | 1368 |
Statutory—Personally | 8 | .. | 1 | 15 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 8 | 8 | 53 | |
By Post | 19 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 37 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 36 | 313 |
Improvements. Drains- | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 20 |
Re-constructed | 40 | 56 | 19 | 39 | 29 | 29 | 46 | 47 | 13 | 54 | 22 | 36 | 73 | 32 | 535 |
Repaired | 36 | 24 | 20 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 28 | 38 | 58 | 30 | 23 | 40 | 398 |
Ventilated | 28 | 51 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 36 | 38 | 6 | 37 | 8 | 35 | 57 | 25 | 397 |
Gully and other traps fixed | 327 | 297 | 105 | 161 | 183 | 91 | 331 | 243 | 125 | 217 | 93 | 165 | 272 | 201 | 2811 |
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | 1 | 7 | 44 |
Cesspools—Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Water Closets— W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 66 |
Pan and trap only provided | 79 | 107 | 26 | 59 | 51 | 26 | 97 | 92 | 68 | 76 | 39 | 74 | 114 | 64 | 972 |
Water supply provided | 32 | 44 | 20 | 35 | 36 | 19 | 32 | 20 | 56 | 43 | 38 | 15 | 39 | 76 | 505 |
Ventilated | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 6 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 60 | |
Position altered | .. | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||
Dust Bins—Provided | 105 | 57 | 34 | 154 | 88 | 23 | 109 | 85 | 58 | 147 | 151 | 43 | 48 | 170 | 1272 |
Repaired | 3 | .. | 3 | 4 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 33 | .. | .. | 8 | 61 |
Areas—constructed | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
Yards—Paved | 1 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 11 | i4 | 8 | i6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 109 | ||
Re paved | 63 | 84 | 14 | 72 | 50 | 16 | 102 | 53 | 42 | 47 | 104 | 120 | 77 | 101 | 945 |
Sinks—provided | 70 | 28 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 8 | 38 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 31 | 335 |
Domestic Water Supply— Cisterns provided | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 25 | 28 | 51 | 53 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 8 | 29 | 22 | 41 | 29 | 16 | 35 | 391 |
Water Supply provided to dwelling house | 9 | 19 | 7 | 21 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 37 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 211 |
Water supply provided to ten ment house | 91 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 29 | 65 | 25 | 14 | 43 | 358 | |
Other Improvements— Rooms cleansed and limewashed | 159 | 32 | 130 | 198 | 64 | 100 | 145 | 64 | 202 | 95 | 255 | 416 | 232 | 281 | 2373 |
Walls and passages repaired cleansed and limewashed | 18 | 8 | 9 | 56 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 30 | 15 | 116 | 90 | 44 | 82 | 533 |
Floor space ventilated | 1 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 128 | |
Floors repaired | 14 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 10 | 34 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 69 | 39 | 64 | 44 | 410 |
Roofs repaired | 44 | 25 | 13 | 67 | 12 | 31 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 80 | 73 | 31 | 37 | 499 |
Overcrowding abated | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .. | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 47 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | 7 | 20 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances | |||||||||||||||
abated | 178 | 154 | 68 | 17b | 58 | 70 | 129 | 47 | 149 | 202 | 174 | 200 | 161 | 261 | 2037 |
Rooms Disinfected | 141 | 202 | 196 | 191 | 152 | 68 | 62 | 71 | 150 | 156 | 89 | 65 | 228 | 163 | 1934 |
Total Improvements | 1476 | 1255 | 761 | 1474 | 863 | 645 | 1326 | 912 | 1071 | 1297 | 1529 | 1535 | 1580 | 1790 | 17524 |
Total Premises Improved | 493 | 419 | 334 | 590 | 306 | 148 | 373 | 269 | 378 | 520 | 574 | 360 | 410 | 55-5 | 5729 |