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Islington 1896

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.
12345_ 67891011121314
Number of Houses inspected3648363657513128642233754647748034396024737645
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c4227347436112922262230263870118937144675544646095374505156810
Visits to bakehouses................1......6..7
Do. Cowhouses3....2........2425221766
Do. Slaughter-houses8....1621..6252313894115
Do. Stables and Yards..10..148....121102461511849792380
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 Acts6047685555..545349625 9616779769
Dust Removals Ordered..............................
Registered Lodging Houses..............................
Total Inspections, &c.4662436740443760299938914147463543965538637251347263659367801
Improvements. Drains-
Constructed145148741475610711213714985120180154761690
Improved or repaired7983103102373431418617722036110281167
Traps fixed6543284805764324166316506714578385958844028014
Cesspools—
Abolished2....1........1011151132
Cleansed or disinfected......................1....1
Privies and Water Closets—
Pan, trap and water supply furnished2922242222328514617131363248149145227382555
Pan and trap only furnished7786564115803717622928571441025
Water supply furnished186144116449102420110101030443
Dust Bins—
Constructed7383318634592913513668199130106881284
Repaired and Covers adapted6619754224334118251112294
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards—
Constructed21544215541258591391901211071111145
Relaid12812714888447634816440133131186961417
General Water—
New receptacles provided1362484141181211579762534
Receptacles repaired and cleansed812817986952639120646047582
Water supply provided1464318213915265011877286566586
Other improvements—
Houses generally repaired74112491912217629654342443
Do. &c., cleansed or limewashed27935221421..1775729514437
Do. ventilated1236173110..1011417127513113241181673
Overcrowding abated3....1..5243514193766
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued2........31..311242239
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated378545554409274131831087477498447112717677008459
Rooms disinfected.20087120150133218491072841712222582182152432
Total Improvements2157227720922275119513111379302127722585337032614534208934318
Total Premises Improved47444029044324936532039754855979354811944577077