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Islington 1893

Thirty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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Table: Table J.* Summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' Reports, from 2nd January, 1893,to 27th May, 1893.

Table J.* Summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' Reports, from 2nd January, 1893,to 27th May, 1893.

Islington, North.Islington, South.Islington, East.Islington, West.Total.
No. 1.No. 2.No. 1.No. 2.No. 1.No. 2.No. 1.No. 2.
Number of Houses inspected3815513737653775415505474085
Drains—
Constructed..5812422382159223
Improved or repaired3186446451472414361
Traps fixed734121052551591142002331551
Cesspools—
Abolished......2........2
Cleansed or disinfected..................
Privies and Water Closets—
Pan, trap and water supply furnished391831755..4181102518
Pan and trap only furnished13105358214132
Water supply furnished2181490647135240
Dustbins—
Constructed..29713511101489
Repaired and covers adapted..43132252..40125
Surface Drains & pavements of yards Constructed2117116254441031250
Relaid281356310890842746581
General Water Supply—
New Receptacles provided341333522245136
Receptacles repaired and cleansed30593012212233180
Water supply provided612..2013187177
Other Improvements —
Houses generally repaired2273..4512137361
,, &c., cleaned or limewashed99786235925120563
,, ventilated311281527..3083155469
Overcrowding abated..11103411232
Illegal use of undeground rooms for sleeping discontinued......1......78
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated160386151169108912463531664
Rooms disinfected13414011178114200104100981
Rooms cleaned and walls stripped135191618451511142
1014263911152149115613071391199912770

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*This, and the following Table, although each referring to the work of the Sanitary Inspectors,
are differently arranged, the one dividing the districts into eight divisions and the other into
fourteen. This is due to the fact that the Parish was divided on 27th May into fourteen Sanitary
areas, to each of which an Inspector was appointed. It was found impossible to make the returns
for the year in a single table.
K