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Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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183 [1914
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below:—
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1913. | 1914. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshops on Register. | Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | Total number of Workshops on Register. | Total Number of Workrooms on Register. | |
| Workshops where Men are employed | 510 | 730 | 61 | 59 | 512 | 729 |
| Workshops where Women are employed | 806 | 1,502 | 95 | 96 | 814 | 1,492 |
| Laundries | 96 | 87 | ||||
| Bakehouses | 237 | 247 | — | 1 | 236 | 246 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 687 | 931 | 3 | 30 | 660 | 889 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 2,704 | 2,704 | 892 | 590 | 2,937 | 2,937 |
| Total | 5,040 | 6,114 | 1,051 | 776 | 5,246 | 6,293 |
Sanitation.—Seven hundred and eighty-nine sanitary defects were discovered,
of which 266 related to uncleanliness, 9 to insufficiency of ventilation,
7 to overcrowding, and 165 to various other nuisances. There was an absence
of dustbins, or a defect in them, in 27 instances. In 27 places the W.C. accommodation
was insufficient; in 202 cases they were foul, and in 92 they were
unsuitable or defective. In 13 instances separate accommodation had to be
provided for the sexes. In 26 a water supply was required and supplied.
Altogether 758 of the sanitary defects had been remedied at the close of
the year.
One hundred and four nuisances were discovered in the homes of outworkers,
whence 31 cases of infectious diseases had been notified.
The following Table shows some of the work dealt with since 1896: —
| 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | I900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | I910. | 1911. | 1912 | 1913. | 1914 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overcrowding | 26 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 269 |
| Ventilation | 14 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 12 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 264 |
| Dirty Premises | 3" | 195 | 109 | 99 | 217 | 218 | 231 | 423 | 630 | 412 | 448 | 970 | 719 | 425 | 505 | 449 | 476 | 256 | 266 | 7.359 |
| 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 | 517 | 463 | 334 | 7,225 |
| Water supplies | 79 | 41 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 83 | 54 | 18 | 38 | 17 | 23 | 45 | 40 | 46 | 53 | 16 | 20 | 26 | 686 |
| Surface drains | 79 | 109 | 87 | 51 | 78 | 81 | 2 | 53 | 40 | 34 | 39 | 45 | 72 | 99 | 1l6 | 47 | 28 | 34 | * .. | 1,094 |
* Now included in District Inspector's summary.