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 CIX.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 167 | 19 | 82 | 107 | 19 | 17 | 148 | 44 | 46 | 102 | 55 | 28 | 36 | 40 | 910 |
Other premises inspected | 299 | 398 | 172 | 365 | 236 | 308 | 427 | 343 | 315 | 436 | 481 | 399 | 280 | 465 | 4924 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 3823 | 3951 | 3496 | 3998 | 4140 | 3313 | 4459 | 4218 | 3749 | 4156 | 4486 | 4743 | 4636 | 5058 | 56826 |
Ice Cream Factories inspected | 12 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 98 | |
Dairies and Milkshops ,, | 95 | 110 | 74 | 214 | 126 | 78 | 114 | 65 | 120 | 64 | 142 | 120 | 141 | 130 | 1593 |
Stables ,, | 38 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 140 | 67 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 36 | 452 |
Yards ,, | 24 | 102 | 249 | 81 | 85 | 101 | 150 | 7 | 59 | 117 | 23 | 114 | 165 | 55 | 1332 |
Manure Depots „ | 89 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 92 |
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 70 | 7 | 3 | 6 | .. | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 18 | 227 |
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | 14 | 66 | 50 | 43 | 222 | 31 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 109 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 629 |
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 |
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | 1 | 11 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 16 |
Visits Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | .. | .. | 16 | 13 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 |
Smoke observations | 1 | 35 | 3 | 14 | .. | 11 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 158 |
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 16 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 217 |
Total Inspections and calls | 4649 | 4733 | 4195 | 4905 | 3986 | 3959 | 5419 | 4718 | 4328 | 5069 | 5279 | 5464 | 3974 | 5847 | 67525 |
Notices Served. | |||||||||||||||
Intimation—Personally | 132 | 38 | 71 | 153 | 84 | 26 | 138 | 53 | 88 | 105 | 124 | 33 | 98 | 265 | 1409 |
By Post | 6 | 1 | 3 | 233 | 15 | 4 | 302 | 18.1 | 3 | 23 | 8 | 214 | 31 | 187 | 1214 |
Statutory—Personally | 5 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | .. | 11 | 9 | 72 | |
By Post | 11 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 33 | 16 | .. | 39 | 250 | |
Improvements. | |||||||||||||||
Drains— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 22 |
Re-constructed | 32 | 34 | 30 | 39 | 26 | 35 | 34 | 49 | 26 | 30 | 16 | 19 | 32 | 32 | 434 |
Repaired | 41 | 23 | 10 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 12 | 34 | 28 | 29 | 15 | 29 | 32 | 322 |
Ventilated | 14 | 32 | 20 | 36 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 37 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 26 | 23 | 24 | 337 |
Gully and other traps fixed | 200 | 188 | 84 | 210 | 139 | 84 | 270 | 223 | 109 | 122 | 71 | 78 | 135 | 179 | 2092 |
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansec | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | 31 |
Cesspools—Abolished | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Water Closets— | |||||||||||||||
W.C. erected with pan, trap anc water supply | 3 | 4 | .. | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .. | 3 | 48 | |
Pan and trap only provided | 73 | 74 | 50 | 73 | 42 | 37 | 88 | 94 | 51 | 61 | 71 | 43 | 57 | 81 | 895 |
Water supply provided | 27 | 45 | 14 | 51 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 35 | 31 | 44 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 426 | |
Ventilated | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 37 | 2 | .. | 29 | 99 |
Position altered | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 10 |
Dust Bins—Provided | 86 | 64 | 40 | 119 | 90 | 171 | 95 | 42 | 139 | 149 | 36 | 46 | 189 | 1273 | |
Repaired | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 35 |
Areas—constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 12 |
Yards—Paved | 13 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 52 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 189 | ||||
Re paved | 69 | 63 | 24 | 110 | 47 | 17 | 137 | 50 | 71 | 82 | 86 | 99 | 40 | 82 | 977 |
Sinks— provided | 30 | 1C | 15 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 3C | 238 | |
Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||||||
Cisterns provided | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 32 | 29 | 26 | 49 | 12 | 9 | 68 | 11 | 14 | 24 | 49 | 10 | 12 | 94 | 439 |
Water Supply provided to dwelling house | 21 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 198 |
Water supply provided to tenement house | 34 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 52 | 6 | 19 | 44 | 258 |
Other Improvements— | |||||||||||||||
Rooms cleansed and limewashed | 82 | 49 | 76 | 206 | 147 | 64 | 269 | 89 | 164 | 153 | 311 | 271 | 189 | 245 | 2315 |
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed | 27 | 29 | 15 | 107 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 18 | 33 | 40 | 107 | 50 | 45 | 126 | 646 |
Floor space ventilated | 7 | 8 | 7 | 24 | . . | 6 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 24 | 199 |
Floors repaired | 17 | 17 | 11 | 54 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 18 | 22 | 31 | 48 | 43 | 32 | 33 | 387 |
Roofs repaired | 39 | 44 | 10 | 79 | 21 | 11 | 59 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 78 | 37 | 34 | 63 | 556 |
Overcrowding abated | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 45 | ||
Illegal use of underground Rooms | |||||||||||||||
for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 124 | 118 | 69 | 210 | 61 | 60 | 145 | 87 | 141 | 192 | 195 | 119 | 103 | 360 | 1984 |
Rooms Disinfected | 204 | 165 | 110 | 205 | 207 | 103 | 91 | 69 | 86 | 134 | 142 | 68 | 210 | 160 | 1954 |
Total Improvements | 1171 | 1052 | 653 | 1687 | 912 | 547 | 1666 | 1011 | 919 | 1222 | 1576 | 997 | 1077 | 1954 | 16444 |
Total Premises Improved | 508 | 384 | 257 | 601 | 336 | 175 | 480 | 346 | 296 | 503 | 556 | 282 | 355 | 574 | 5635 |