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, Parish of St Mary]
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HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. * From March 26th, 1871, to March 25th, 1872.
- | South East District. | South "West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Houses inspected | 1412 | 1766 | 1294 | 4472 | ||
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c | 6470 | 4446 | 3671 | 14587 | ||
Visits to 211 Bakehouses | 126 | 119 | 177 | 422 | ||
Do. 67 Cowhouses | 185 | 135 | 405 | |||
Do. Ill Slaughter-houses | 154 | 197 | 143 | 494 | ||
Do. Stables and Yards | 38 | 43 | 114 | 195 | ||
Do. Factories and Workshops | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | ||
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c. | 76 | 109 | ||||
Factories,Horse Slaughter-houses,Piggeries, &c., D°- 48 Belle Isle | •• | 201 | • • | 201 | ||
Do. 110 Courts and Alleys | 2992 | 426 | 825 | 4243 | ||
Total Inspections, &c | 11356 | 7388 | 6400 | 25144 | ||
IMPROVEMENTS. | ||||||
Drains | Constructed | 20 | 81 | 23 | 124 | |
mproved or repaired | 123 | 246 | 59 | 428 | ||
Traps fixed | 126 | 268 | 52 | 446 | ||
Cesspools | Abolished | 10 | 10 | 15 | 35 | |
Cleansed or disinfected | ||||||
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 15 | 12 | 17 | 44 | |
Pan and trap only furnished | 11 | 14 | ' 21 | 46 | ||
Water supply furnished | 55 | 35 | 65 | 155 | ||
Dust bins | Constructed. | 7 | 13 | 6 | 26 | |
Repaired and covers adapted | 10 | 6 | 33 | 49 | ||
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Relaid | 93 | 285 | 103 | 481 | ||
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | 8 | 14 | 4 | 26 | |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed. | 260 | 42 | 63 | 365 | ||
Water supply provided | 2 | 4 | ||||
Other Improvements | Houses generally repaired | 49 | 39 | 194 | 282 | |
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed | 526 | 788 | 463 | 1777 | ||
1 „ ventilated | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||
6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 86 | 58 | 595 | 739 | ||
Houses or Rooms Disinfected | 568 | 640 | 223 | 1431 | ||
Total Improvements | 1975 | 2575 | 1950 | 6500 | ||
Total Premises Improved | 839 | 978 | 822 | 2639 |
* During the greater part of this period the Inspections, Disinfections, Burnings, &o., in connection with
the Small Pox 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.
N.B.—From the 31st May, 1872, to the 25th March, 1872, the Inspector of Dust Visited 23,484 houses
and found that Dust was required to bo removed from 7,430 of these houses.