Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Thirty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table J.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
Number of Houses inspected | 513 | 1038 | 438 | 233 | 377 | 662 | 410 | 532 | 943 | 672 | 740 | 528 | 802 | 896 | 8784 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c | 3330 | 4373 | 3809 | 3360 | 3297 | 5675 | 4497 | 4399 | 4895 | 3965 | 7057 | 4007 | 6511 | 5599 | 64774 |
Visits to Bakehouses | 27 | 46 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 39 | 31 | 94 | .. | 31 | 57 | 42 | 441 |
Do. Cowhouses | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 11 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 86 |
Do. Slaughter-houses | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | 11 | .. | 2 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 122 |
Do. Stables and Yards | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 22 | .. | 107 | 125 | 36 | 3 | 19 | 369 | 126 | 812 |
Do. Courts, &c | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Do. Factories and Workshops | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 2 | .. | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 63 | 8 | 124 |
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l6 | 20 | |
Do. Factories, Horse Slaughterhouses, Piggeries, &c., Bell Isle | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 29 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 35 |
Do. Under Sale of Food and Drugs Act | 24 | 60 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 13 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 36 | 28 | 336 |
Dust Removals Ordered | 129 | 1 | .. | 5 | 33 | .. | .. | 1 | 92 | 18 | 70 | 20 | 56 | .. | 425 |
Registered Lodging Houses | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | •• | 6 |
Total Inspections, &c. | 4032 | 5523 | 4284 | 3634 | 3766 | 6395 | 4947 | 5125 | 6170 | 4868 | 7912 | 4643 | 7938 | 6732 | 75969 |
Improvements. | |||||||||||||||
Drains— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 56 | 10 | 55 | 4 | 80 | 71 | 130 | 39 | 65 | 66 | 190 | 123 | 196 | 44 | 1129 |
Improved or repaired | 133 | 137 | 204 | 74 | 32 | 259 | 24 | 187 | 120 | 46 | 358 | 61 | 125 | 204 | 1964 |
Traps fixed | 404 | 223 | 595 | 230 | 667 | 525 | 756 | 360 | 367 | 421 | 1801 | 627 | 853 | 388 | 8217 |
Cesspools— | |||||||||||||||
Abolished | .. | 2 | 14 | .. | .. | 8 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | .. | 56 |
Cleansed or disinfected | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 |
Privies and Water Closets— | |||||||||||||||
Pan, trap and water supply furnished | 269 | 156 | 288 | 147 | 144 | 335 | 218 | .. | 181 | 216 | 508 | 221 | 318 | 150 | 3151 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 20 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 76 | 77 | 31 | 166 | 90 | 3 | 54 | 26 | .. | 49 | 619 |
Water supply furnished | 25 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 63 | 13 | 225 | 206 | 191 | 17 | 17 | 26 | 45 | 910 |
Dust Bins— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 34 | 5 | 33 | 74 | 35 | 176 | 36 | 95 | 84 | 68 | 321 | 101 | 77 | 45 | 1184 |
Repaired and Covers adapted | 82 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 28 | 56 | 4 | 26 | 73 | 34 | 137 | 35 | 61 | l5 | 603 |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 10 | 30 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 84 | 131 | 37 | 122 | 239 | 80 | 178 | 129 | 1092 |
Relaid | 162 | 59 | 206 | 68 | 52 | 314 | 34 | 318 | 68 | 100 | 227 | 107 | 246 | 325 | 2286 |
General Water— | |||||||||||||||
New receptacles provided | 6 | 146 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 13 | 17 | 319 | 16 | 628 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 100 | 16 | 188 | 55 | 26 | 212 | 6 | 79 | 83 | 64 | 184 | 62 | 160 | 111 | 1346 |
Water supply provided | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 52 | 72 | 276 |
Other improvements— | |||||||||||||||
Houses generally repaired | 85 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 8 | .. | 86 | 67 | 45 | 40 | 78 | 63 | 12 | 536 |
Do. &c., cleansed or limewashed | 76 | 58 | 39 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 3 | 97 | 226 | 67 | 194 | 89 | 216 | 48 | 1408 |
Do. ventilated | 170 | 131 | 218 | 87 | .. | 77 | 57 | 1 | 74 | 217 | 79 | 140 | 483 | 3 | 1737 |
Overcrowding abated | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 14 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 113 |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 11 | .. | 1 | 20 |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 367 | 586 | 650 | 67 | 397 | 378 | 150 | 339 | 258 | 472 | 1099 | 815 | 1943 | 475 | 7996 |
Rooms disinfected | 236 | 287 | 148 | 154 | 112 | 205 | 180 | 113 | 255 | 123 | 297 | 158 | 160 | 187 | 2615 |
Booms stripped and cleansed | 41 | 51 | 17 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 42 | 7 | 55 | 37 | 132 | 20 | 54 | 65 | 687 |
Total Improvements | 2284 | 1976 | 2746 | 1098 | 1720 | 3126 | 1791 | 2286 | 2372 | 2353 | 5960 | 2839 | 5543 | 2388 | 38482 |
* Inspector Pain died 3rd July 1894. † Mr. Grivell commenced duties 27th August 1894. |