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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[1914
Table CXIII.
Showing summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' reports for the Year 1914.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 233 | 10 | 23 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 76 | 55 | 13 | .. | 28 | 29 | 5 | 25 | 552 |
Other premises inspected | 368 | 583 | 315 | 623 | 296 | 567 | 508 | 383 | 303 | 498 | 687 | 772 | 528 | 559 | 6990 |
Re inspections, Calls made, etc. | 3520 | 3725 | 3941 | 3774 | 3552 | 3283 | 4355 | 4375 | 2311 | 3844 | 3918 | 3962 | 3756 | 5136 | 53452 |
Ice Cream Factories inspected | 13 | 10 | 12 | 25 | .. | .. | 29 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 145 |
Dairies and Milkshops ,, | 127 | 61 | 104 | 144 | 129 | 52 | 110 | 125 | 94 | 40 | 49 | 78 | 29 | 56 | 1198 |
Stables ,, | 39 | 3 | 7 | 67 | 171 | 35 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 49 | 8 | 482 |
Yards ,, | 35 | 88 | 294 | 94 | 53 | 161 | 156 | 8 | 15 | 164 | 12 | 6 | 93 | 33 | 1212 |
Manure Dep6ts „ | 91 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 97 |
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 26 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 55 | 28 | 1 | .. | 67 | 2 | .. | 54 | 7 | 265 |
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | 35 | 62 | 47 | 52 | 218 | 118 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 144 | 37 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 800 |
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | 2 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 |
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Smoke observations | 2 | 6 | .. | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .. | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .. | 77 |
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 196 |
Total Inspections and calls | 4505 | 4581 | 4762 | 4866 | 1442 | 4302 | 5377 | 5007 | 2781 | 4824 | 4762 | 4875 | 4548 | 5863 | 65495 |
Notices Served. | |||||||||||||||
Intimation-Personally | 99 | 6 | 37 | 178 | 27 | 11 | 96 | 40 | 79 | 139 | 97 | 130 | 53 | 257 | 1248 |
By Post | 6 | 9 | 56 | 174 | .. | 28 | 251 | 235 | .. | 4 | 8 | 32 | 109 | 219 | 1132 |
Statutory—Personally | 4 | 1 | .. | 14 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 6 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 64 |
By Post | 10 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 31 | 195 |
Improvements. | |||||||||||||||
Drains— Constructed | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
Re-constructed | 15 | 33 | 28 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 26 | 291 |
Repaired | 34 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 231 |
Ventilated | 11 | 34 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 33 | 14 | 220 |
Gully and other traps fixed | 132 | 175 | 76 | 110 | 72 | 35 | 157 | 106 | 47 | 122 | 31 | 72 | 203 | 166 | 1504 |
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | .. | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | 57 |
Cesspools—Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Water Closets— W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 8 | 51 |
Pan and trap only provided | 30 | 68 | 22 | 72 | 29 | 17 | 53 | 45 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 20 | 85 | 70 | 569 |
Water supply provided | 22 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 41 | 16 | 41 | 47 | 367 |
Ventilated | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 24 |
Position altered | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 20 |
Dust Bins—Provided | 48 | 112 | 33 | 119 | 58 | 21 | 131 | 106 | 79 | 83 | 67 | 174 | 55 | 113 | 1199 |
Repaired | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 11 | .. | 1 | 25 | 48 |
Areas—constructed | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Yards—Paved | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | .. | 12 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 153 |
Re paved | 62 | 47 | 22 | 61 | 29 | 8 | 71 | 43 | 39 | 55 | 34 | 7 | 46 | 81 | 675 |
Sinks —provided | 27 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 15 | 21 | 219 |
Domestic Water Supply-Cisterns provided | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 24 | 25 | 24 | 45 | 18 | 17 | 55 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 67 | 366 |
Water Supply provided to dwelling house | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | .. | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 72 |
Water supply provided to tenement house | 35 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 51 | 5 | 18 | 205 |
Other Improvements — Rooms cleansed and limewashed | 202 | 44 | 113 | 146 | 102 | 67 | 111 | 142 | 110 | 111 | 356 | 460 | 125 | 372 | 2461 |
Walls and passages repaired cleansed and limewashed | 55 | 24 | 25 | 59 | 17 | 10 | 28 | 35 | 23 | 35 | 51 | 55 | 47 | 116 | 580 |
Floor spice ventilated | 18 | 3 | 12 | 13 | .. | 2 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 137 |
Floors repaired | 25 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 25 | 26 | 42 | 37 | 301 |
Roofs repaired | 38 | 24 | 12 | 49 | 13 | 13 | 47 | 11 | 1* | 31 | 43 | 37 | 24 | 36 | 395 |
Overcrowding abated | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 | 3 | 29 | 9 | 17 | 80 |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 1 | 11 | 21 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 136 | 115 | 78 | 210 | 80 | 71 | 135 | 73 | 73 | 204 | 105 | 226 | 196 | 327 | 2029 |
Rooms Disinfected | 206 | 256 | 258 | 286 | 325 | 131 | 162 | 194 | 42 | 291 | 135 | 62 | 295 | 208 | 2851 |
Total Improvements | 1151 | 1061 | 830 | 1367 | 838 | 456 | 1179 | 919 | 557 | 1179 | 992 | 1407 | 1347 | 1873 | 15156 |
Total Premises Improved | 497 | 493 | 395 | 663 | 371 | 210 | 525 | 351 | 250 | 555 | 479 | 489 | 460 | 575 | 6313 |
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