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Islington 1875
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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Table No. XII.
Summary of Applications for Removal of Dust from 25th March, 1875, to 25th March, 1876.
| Contractor. | Ward. | Three Months ending ! 19th June, 1875. | Three Months ending 18th 8ept., 1875. | Three Months ending 18th Dec., 1875. | Three Months ending 25th Mar., 1876. | Total during Twelve Months' Contract. | Amount paid to Contractor for whole period. | Inhabited House Census, 1871. | Number of Applications to every 100 Houses. | Total Applications during previous Twelve Months' Contract. | Number of Application to every 100 Houses during same period. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. E. Jackson | 1 | 2,195 | 1,517 | 1,676 | 2,786 | 8,174 | £740 | 4,844 | 168.7 | 4,625 | 95.4 |
| Mr. W. T. Williamson | 2 | 1,585 | 695 | 622 | 1,714 | 4,616 | £694 | 3,412 | 135.2 | 3,115 | 91.2 |
| Mr. J. Williamson, Jun. | 3 | 1,897 | 775 | 789 | 1,738 | 5,199 | £860 | 4,440 | 117.0 | 3,419 | 77.0 |
| Mr. W. T. Williamson | 4 | 1,435 | 621 | 620 | 1,947 | 4,623 | £944 | 3,253 | 142.1 | 2,588 | 79.5 |
| Mr. J. Williamson, Jun. | 5 | 1,323 | 1,049 | 950 | 1,721 | 5,043 | £465 | 2,370 | 212.7 | 2,097 | 88.4 |
| Mr. J. Eendell (six months) | 6 | 955 | 743 | .. | .. | 1,698 | £145 | 1,997 | 85.0 | 1,933 | 96.7 |
| The Vestry ( do. ) | 6 | •• | 358 | 5 00 | 858 | •• | .. | 42.9 | |||
| Mr. J. Rendell | 7 | 1,138 | 819 | 735 | 1,074 | 3,766 | £410 | 3,320 | 113.4 | 1,679 | 60.6 |
| Mr. W. Winn (six months) | 8 | 1,066 | 662 | .. | •• | 1,728 | £270 | 3,443 | 50.1 | 1,326 | 3. 4 |
| The Vestry ( do. ) | 8 | •• | •• | 559 | 603 | 1,162 | .. | .. | 33.7 | ||
| Totals | 11,594 | 6,881 | 6,309 | 12,083 | 36,867 | £4,528 | *27,079 | 136.1 | 20,781 | 76.7 | |
| Removals ordered from Reports of the Inspector of Dust and other Inspectors | 3,794 | 2,142 | 3,278 | 7,043 | 16,257 | ||||||
| Total Removals | 15,388 | 9,023 | 9,587 | 19,126 | 53,124 | ||||||
* The actual number of inhabited houses during this period was probably about 30,000, the chief additions being to Wards 1 and 3; but as I
could not accurately apportion the total increase, it seemed better to use the Census numbers throughout.