Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-first 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 30th December, 1895, to 2nd Janvary, 1897.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | _ 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
Number of Houses inspected | 364 | 836 | 365 | 751 | 312 | 864 | 223 | 375 | 464 | 774 | 803 | 439 | 602 | 473 | 7645 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c | 4227 | 3474 | 3611 | 2922 | 2622 | 3026 | 3870 | 1189 | 3714 | 4675 | 5446 | 4609 | 5374 | 5051 | 56810 |
Visits to bakehouses | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 7 |
Do. Cowhouses | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 66 |
Do. Slaughter-houses | 8 | .. | .. | 16 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 115 |
Do. Stables and Yards | .. | 10 | .. | 14 | 8 | .. | .. | 12 | 110 | 2 | 46 | 15 | 1184 | 979 | 2380 |
Do. Courts, &c | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Do. Factories and Workshops | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Do. Factories, Horse Slaughterhouses, Piggeries, &c., Bell Isle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Do. Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 60 | 47 | 68 | 55 | 55 | .. | 54 | 53 | 49 | 62 | 5 9 | 61 | 67 | 79 | 769 |
Dust Removals Ordered | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Registered Lodging Houses | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total Inspections, &c. | 4662 | 4367 | 4044 | 3760 | 2999 | 3891 | 4147 | 4635 | 4396 | 5538 | 6372 | 5134 | 7263 | 6593 | 67801 |
Improvements. Drains- | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 145 | 148 | 74 | 147 | 56 | 107 | 112 | 137 | 149 | 85 | 120 | 180 | 154 | 1690 | |
Improved or repaired | 79 | 83 | 103 | 102 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 41 | 86 | 177 | 220 | 36 | 110 | 28 | 1167 |
Traps fixed | 654 | 328 | 480 | 576 | 432 | 416 | 631 | 650 | 671 | 457 | 838 | 595 | 884 | 402 | 8014 |
Cesspools— | |||||||||||||||
Abolished | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Privies and Water Closets— | |||||||||||||||
Pan, trap and water supply furnished | 292 | 224 | 222 | 232 | 85 | 146 | 171 | 313 | 63 | 248 | 149 | 145 | 227 | 38 | 2555 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 7 | 78 | 6 | 56 | 41 | 15 | 80 | 37 | 176 | 2 | 292 | 85 | 7 | 144 | 1025 |
Water supply furnished | 18 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 16 | 44 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 201 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 443 |
Dust Bins— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 73 | 8 | 33 | 186 | 34 | 59 | 29 | 135 | 136 | 68 | 199 | 130 | 106 | 88 | 1284 |
Repaired and Covers adapted | 6 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 118 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 294 |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 2 | 15 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 55 | 41 | 258 | 59 | 139 | 190 | 121 | 107 | 111 | 1145 |
Relaid | 128 | 127 | 148 | 88 | 44 | 76 | 3 | 48 | 164 | 40 | 133 | 131 | 186 | 96 | 1417 |
General Water— | |||||||||||||||
New receptacles provided | 136 | 248 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 76 | 2 | 534 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 8 | 12 | 81 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 95 | 26 | 39 | 120 | 64 | 60 | 47 | 582 |
Water supply provided | 14 | 6 | 43 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 15 | 26 | 50 | 118 | 77 | 28 | 65 | 66 | 586 |
Other improvements— | |||||||||||||||
Houses generally repaired | 7 | 41 | 12 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 22 | 176 | 29 | 6 | 54 | 34 | 2 | 443 |
Do. &c., cleansed or limewashed | 2 | 79 | 3 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .. | 17 | 75 | 72 | 95 | 14 | 437 |
Do. ventilated | 1 | 236 | 173 | 110 | .. | 10 | 1 | 14 | 171 | 275 | 131 | 132 | 411 | 8 | 1673 |
Overcrowding abated | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 66 |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 39 |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 378 | 545 | 554 | 409 | 274 | 13 | 183 | 1087 | 477 | 498 | 447 | 1127 | 1767 | 700 | 8459 |
Rooms disinfected. | 200 | 87 | 120 | 150 | 133 | 218 | 49 | 107 | 284 | 171 | 222 | 258 | 218 | 215 | 2432 |
Total Improvements | 2157 | 2277 | 2092 | 2275 | 1195 | 1311 | 1379 | 3021 | 2772 | 2585 | 3370 | 3261 | 4534 | 2089 | 34318 |
Total Premises Improved | 474 | 440 | 290 | 443 | 249 | 365 | 320 | 397 | 548 | 559 | 793 | 548 | 1194 | 457 | 7077 |