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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 K. Summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' Reports, from 39th May, 1893, to30th December, 1893.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
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Number of Houses inspected38452733040927046024947611724877034995546527172
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c.2435280623462569171842692979275321982503358727163597325839734
Visits to Bakehouses423..20134516113513216171
Do. Cowhouses1....2..13..52148229
Do. Slaughter-houses1....5322971941215483
Do. Stables and Yards13......1..33..263510320195
Do. Courts, &c...........1......3..1..16
Do. Factories and Workshops........6....1..73..16134
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c.........1....2..........25
Do. Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses, Piggeries, &c., Bell Isle..............22539228877
Do. Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts611..11810..3616123219288197
Dust Removals Ordered4113....1....2....227..68
Registered Lodging Houses..........5................5
Total Inspections, &c.2911336326763006201847833238333034243075434932934338397247776
Improvements.
Drains—
Constructed343612718635735575978710714665
Improved or repaired355174361112338682042101507291812
Traps fixed2061154841312333564002602841014374005381884133
Cesspools-
Abolished..1..1..5........1112..21
Cleansed or disinfected..16................1....118
Privies and Water Closets—
Pan, trap and water supply furnished10765173273320511449026167130166631370
Pan and trap only furnished1138130252715913111211..15290
Water supply furnished64798638161078458171719387
Dust Bins—
Constructed293111010633129257571414294
Repaired and Covers adapted3198132261032857341514232
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards— Constructed7..715116688152756606475482
Relaid8247116984193301485163931331781641400
General Water—
New receptacles provided346563187..616181634331
Receptacles repaired and cleansed3021261461349715426517556474
Water supply provided..8319,3..6741215131791
Other improvements—
House generally reparied153132........726..327375291
Do. &c., cleansed or limewashed601911881156171337469612313320820
Do. ventilated9149124372..111..144232576277431002
Overcrowding abated3..5..17..2101712544
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..........1..........8....9
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated129278450211111174671942951403830811671943756
Rooms fumigated206217152219922161901633331632491901432332766
Rooms stripped and cleansed1420821518299291154122662308
Total Improvements12371054176010505641817117912171517683160318093219128719996