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Islington 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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[1914

HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.

Table CXII.

Summary ofSanitary Workcarriel out underInspectors HancockandMarksinHouses Let in Lodgingsduring the year1914.

Inspector Hancock.Inspector Marks.Total.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Year. J1st Quarter2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Year.
Number of Houses inspected2413002212159772102981341417831,760
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc1,5101,4121,3601,5075,7891,4661,1751,3491,4515,44111,230
Total inspections and calls1,7511,7121,5811,7226,7661,6761,4731,4831,5926,22412,990
Notices Served.
IntimationPersonally134835711639053413062186576
By Post6779487927319213010178501774
StatutoryPersonally155219412..17..1960
By Post8126699512833962157
Improvements.
Drains— Constructed............1....11
Re-constructed2..1..3..2..i36
Repaired1111452441519
Ventilated1... ...1..21145
Gully and other Traps fixed82311475131630
Urinals — Water supplied—cleansed......................
Cesspools— Abolished......................
Water Closets — W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply..........46211313
Pan and trap only provided55421635631733
Water supply provided22241813771741830107
Ventilate 1............1....11
Position altered............1. ...11
Dust Bins -Provided2123151675341943693168
Repaired1......13..2278
Areas— Constructed......................
Yards— Paved....1..1....1123
Re paved51..1797322128
Sinks-Provided221..531..2611
Domestic Water Supply-Cisterns provided..112..4..1....15
Cisterns repaired and cleansed4387222222830
Water supply provided to dwelling house..........211488
Water supply provided for tenement house96131921..1423
Other Improvements-Rooms cleansed or limewashed14045235847997195641718311,5852 582
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and whitewashed4728664214184324520812508926
Floor space ventilated31111161..1..218
Floors repaired111635137512179947122
Roofs repaired1728103792241413859151
Overcrowding abated161413155882013849107
Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued......33..22269
Other Improvements or Nuisances abated1991496286496125667282345841
Rooms Disinfected676322..........22
Total Improvements5211,0216042802,4264991,0661.0642232,8525,278
Total Premises Improved2333371772119582313243551511,0612,019