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Islington 1894

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

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Table J.

Summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' Reports, from 1st January 1894, to29th December, 1894.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
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Number of Houses inspected51310384382333776624105329436727405288028968784
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c3330437338093360329756754497439948953965705740076511559964774
Visits to Bakehouses2746715131623393194..315742441
Do. Cowhouses3......214..1121102191386
Do. Slaughter-houses4....611..214241688254122
Do. Stables and Yards..5......22..10712536319369126812
Do. Courts, &c..........4................4
Do. Factories and Workshops........152..2710413638124
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c.............4..........l620
Do. Factories, Horse Slaughterhouses, Piggeries, &c., Bell Isle........2......292..2....35
Do. Under Sale of Food and Drugs Act2460301316121127133420123628336
Dust Removals Ordered1291..533....19218702056..425
Registered Lodging Houses2....2..1..........1..••6
Total Inspections, &c.4032552342843634376663954947512561704868791246437938673275969
Improvements.
Drains—
Constructed56105548071130396566190123196441129
Improved or repaired13313720474322592418712046358611252041964
Traps fixed40422359523066752575636036742118016278533888217
Cesspools—
Abolished..214....85..22968..56
Cleansed or disinfected1................16..1..9
Privies and Water Closets—
Pan, trap and water supply furnished269156288147144335218..1812165082213181503151
Pan and trap only furnished2031777677311669035426..49619
Water supply furnished253621718631322520619117172645910
Dust Bins—
Constructed3453374351763695846832110177451184
Repaired and Covers adapted82172510285642673341373561l5603
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards—
Constructed10304242228413137122239801781291092
Relaid16259206685231434318681002271072463252286
General Water—
New receptacles provided614695235861531131731916628
Receptacles repaired and cleansed1001618855262126798364184621601111346
Water supply provided3675624610291622185272276
Other improvements—
Houses generally repaired8517816118..86674540786312536
Do. &c., cleansed or limewashed76583936122473972266719489216481408
Do. ventilated17013121887..77571742177914048331737
Overcrowding abated4....2..14411511272744113
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued................2..611..120
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated36758665067397378150339258472109981519434757996
Rooms disinfected2362871481541122051801132551232971581601872615
Booms stripped and cleansed4151172620204275537132205465687
Total Improvements2284197627461098172031261791228623722353596028395543238838482
* Inspector Pain died 3rd July 1894. † Mr. Grivell commenced duties 27th August 1894.