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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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INSPECTION OF HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
1,760 houses were inspected during the year, to which 11,230 visits were
subsequently made, so that the total visits amounted to 12,990.
These inspections resulted in 1,350 intimations being forwarded to the
responsible persons, which were followed by 217 Statutory Notices to insist on
the abatement of the defects that had not been remedied.
Altogether 5,278 sanitary defects or nuisances were discovered.
| Drains constructed | 1 |
| „ reconstructed | 6 |
| „ repaired | 24 |
| „ traps supplied to | 30 |
| W.C.'s extra, provided with pan, trap and water supply | 13 |
| „ pan and trap only provided | 33 |
| „ water supply provided | 107 |
| Dustbins provided | 168 |
| „ repaired | 8 |
| Yards paved or re-paved | 31 |
| Water supply—cisterns (new) provided | 5 |
| „ cisterns, repaired and cleansed | 30 |
| Water supply provided | 31 |
| Rooms cleansed and limewashed | 2,582 |
| Walls and passages repaired, cleansed or limewashed | 926 |
| Floor space ventilated | 18 |
| Floors repaired | 122 |
| Overcrowding abated | 107 |
| Verminous rooms disinfected, etc. | 22 |
| Roofs repaired | 151 |
| Other improvements or nuisances abated | 841 |