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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 1875

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

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Table: TABLE XI.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,From March 29th, 1875, to March 25th, 1876.

TABLE XI.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,From March 29th, 1875, to March 25th, 1876.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of Houses inspected9858955562436
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c2968290319577828
Visits to 211 Bakehouses16114986396
Do. 70 Cowhouses12212560309
Do. 94 Slaughter-houses17212869369
Do. Stables and yards418113136
Do. Factories and Workshops1020131
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c9973107279
Do. 36 ( Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses, Piggeries, &c., Belle Isle)...216••216
Total Inspections, &c45584590284911997
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed2532158
Improved or repaired10312055278
[Traps fixed9117943313
CesspoolsAbolished74213
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap and water supply furnished..718
Pan and trap only furnished245837
Water supply furnished1313• •26
Dust BinsConstructed1111123
Repaired and covers adapted17917
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..314
Relaid9010020210
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided..336
Receptacles repaired and cleansed59721
(Water supply provided115117
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired112168136
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed182194540
„ ventilated........
Overcrowding abate120223
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1..1
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated6110924194
Houses or Rooms Disinfected1431335328
Total Improvements8709713022143
Total Premises Improved5466112311388

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N.B.—From the 29th March, 1875, to the 25 th March, 1876, the nspector of Dust visited.
21,614 houses and found that Dust was required to bo removed from 9564 of these houses.