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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 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From March 26th, 1870, to March 25th, 1871.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From March 26th, 1870, to March 25th, 1871.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number o Houses inspected157518267414142
Re-inspection,Calls made ,&c.4388247418868748
Visit to 211 Bakehouses1842082286
Do. 65 Cow houses12013988347
Do. 114 Slaughter houses149156118423
Do. Stable and Yards308032142
Do. Factories and Workshops1011425
Do. Fields, Lanes,&c.39..3675
Do. 50 Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses,Piggeries,&c., at Bell Isle..172..172
Do. 110 Courts and Alleys28407694694078
Total Inspections,&c.93355647345618438
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed1571941
Improved or repaired13519650381
Traps fixed14213288362
CesspoolsAbolished1581740
Cleansed or disinfected....99
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished269944
Pan and trap only furnished717933
Water supply furnished434451138
Dust binsConstructed1023235
Repaired and covers adapted9264075
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..8210
Relaid14120861410
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided1419235
Receptacles repaired and cleansed318131154C4
Water supply provided1326
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired533274159
„ &c., cleansed or lime washed9364353371708
„ ventilated..82284
Overcrowding abated158528
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued97..16
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated9453463610
Total Improvements1983144S12574688
Total Premises Improved9988115862395
Houses or Drains Disinfected15625457382845
*During the latter three months of this period the Inspections, Disinfections, Burnings, &c., in connection with the Small Fox Epidemic, and the necessary attention to Complaints, engrossed more than the ordinary time of the Inspectors, to the unavoidable neglect of much other Sanitary work.