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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205
[1914
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
Table CXII.
Inspector Hancock. | Inspector Marks. | Total. | ||||||||||
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1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. J | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | |||
Number of Houses inspected | 241 | 300 | 221 | 215 | 977 | 210 | 298 | 134 | 141 | 783 | 1,760 | |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc | 1,510 | 1,412 | 1,360 | 1,507 | 5,789 | 1,466 | 1,175 | 1,349 | 1,451 | 5,441 | 11,230 | |
Total inspections and calls | 1,751 | 1,712 | 1,581 | 1,722 | 6,766 | 1,676 | 1,473 | 1,483 | 1,592 | 6,224 | 12,990 | |
Notices Served. | ||||||||||||
Intimation | Personally | 134 | 83 | 57 | 116 | 390 | 53 | 41 | 30 | 62 | 186 | 576 |
By Post | 67 | 79 | 48 | 79 | 273 | 192 | 130 | 101 | 78 | 501 | 774 | |
Statutory | Personally | 15 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 41 | 2 | .. | 17 | .. | 19 | 60 |
By Post | 8 | 12 | 66 | 9 | 95 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 9 | 62 | 157 | |
Improvements. | ||||||||||||
Drains— Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Re-constructed | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | i | 3 | 6 | |
Repaired | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | |
Ventilated | 1 | .. | . . | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Gully and other Traps fixed | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 30 | |
Urinals — Water supplied—cleansed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cesspools— Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Water Closets — W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | |
Pan and trap only provided | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 33 | |
Water supply provided | 22 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 77 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 107 | |
Ventilate 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Position altered | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Dust Bins -Provided | 21 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 75 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 36 | 93 | 168 | |
Repaired | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
Areas— Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Yards— Paved | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Re paved | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 28 | |
Sinks-Provided | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
Domestic Water Supply-Cisterns provided.. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 4 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 30 | |
Water supply provided to dwelling house | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
Water supply provided for tenement house | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 23 | |
Other Improvements-Rooms cleansed or limewashed | 140 | 452 | 358 | 47 | 997 | 195 | 641 | 718 | 31 | 1,585 | 2 582 | |
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and whitewashed | 47 | 286 | 64 | 21 | 418 | 43 | 245 | 208 | 12 | 508 | 926 | |
Floor space ventilated | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 18 | |
Floors repaired | 11 | 16 | 35 | 13 | 75 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 122 | |
Roofs repaired | 17 | 28 | 10 | 37 | 92 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 59 | 151 | |
Overcrowding abated | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 49 | 107 | |
Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
Other Improvements or Nuisances abated | 199 | 149 | 62 | 86 | 496 | 125 | 66 | 72 | 82 | 345 | 841 | |
Rooms Disinfected | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | |
Total Improvements | 521 | 1,021 | 604 | 280 | 2,426 | 499 | 1,066 | 1.064 | 223 | 2,852 | 5,278 | |
Total Premises Improved | 233 | 337 | 177 | 211 | 958 | 231 | 324 | 355 | 151 | 1,061 | 2,019 |