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Islington 1897

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

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Table: Table XCIX. Summary of Inspector West's work from 4th January, 1897 to 1st January, 1898.

Table XCIX. Summary of Inspector West's work from 4th January, 1897 to 1st January, 1898.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK.Quarter ending 3rd Apiil, 1897.Quarter ending 3rd July, 1897.Quarter ending 2nd October, 1897.Quarter ending 1st January, 1898.Year ending 1st January, 1898.
Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register.........................................................................................................
,, Number of Workroomd therein.......................................................................................................
,, Number of inspections of15126...4993175113......178164356584142300360132...18234253032261214518991421
,, No. of Re-inspections of13919211168984317406953554679916222649555021486...6145158760113331325121892659
Workrooms, Number of Inspections of...711......94...............4...............22...............114711...316
„ found to be overcrowded...1...........1..................................................................1............1
,, found to be insufficiently ventilated...............11....................................66....................................77
,, found to be in a dirty condition1.........17523............59...59..........................................1.........76582
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered3733...233951.........410261......91811.........79111543...4376
,, Workrooms therein measured3753...325051.........1016432......112012.........811131373...6197
„ Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery..........................................1...............1.....................1...............1
,, Removed from the Register.........................................................................................................
Houses visited for enquiry at which no male hands were employed.........................................................................................................
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room.........................................................................................................
Intimations Notices served...34......303722...1...2833141...22836......1...1192139613105127
Statutory Notices........................1.........23....................................11...1.........34
Works carried out under supervision:-
DrainsConstructed............11011...1......11315............123...2......1710...3......43239
Improved or repaired1...1......17191.........1222411...1...2326...1......11719321127988
Traps fixed3.........5596722......2647011......2252913......9405376......18188219
Water ClosetsW.C.'s constructed...............1010...............1212............134...1......168...1......23134
Urinals constructed.........................................................11....................................11
Pan, trap & water suppily furnished.........................................................11....................................11
Pan and trap only furnished............22830...2......23842...2...211722...3......32127...7...28104121
Water supply furnished4...9......2538...1.........2930...2...211520...2......216204592385108
Dust BinsConstructed...............11...............22...1.........67...............22...1.........1112
Repaired and Covers adapted...1............1..................................................................1............1
Surface DrainsConstructed2.........42733...1......23740............2911...3...6152424......1488108
Relaid...............................................................1...............11...............1
General WaterCisterns provided....................................11........................2......215...2......226
Cisterns repaired and cleansed...1.........34...............55...2.........24...............33...3.........1316
Water supply provided....................................11.........................................................11
Ventilation and Cleansing, etc.Additional means of ventilation provided1............2728...1.........2728...111...1619...3......21924151128999
Rooms cleansed and limewashed...6......71885............741084...1......1813321.........95510117......25836302
Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired522...5567022......2495511...222935...5......639508102215173210
Miscellaneous......6......6121.........1303221...2...3439...3......415223462585105
Nuisances which came under notice during the inspections:—
Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c............1222331...3...1825...2.........1517...2.........212335...317688
Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated and defective in water supply1............5613...3...1320...2.........911............14525...313142
Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns...............11...............22.........................................................33
Cisterns dirty or uncovered...............2211.........24...1.........12.....................12.........58
Dustbins, warning or defective...............22...1.........56...............11........................1.........89
Miscellaneous......6...117244............1317...9.........2231...2.........19214116...17193
"Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated....................................44......................................................44
Smoke observations...2...14201208...............158158......1...1197199...............314314...2115870879
Totals525862102711400185359646163751317183727641213991292150727869...377139318921652728939112254027089