Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-second annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1897]
Table CI.—continued.
NUISANCES. | QUARTERS. | ||||
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1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |
34. An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit | 100 | 91 | 56 | 52 | 299 |
35. The dustbin or ashpit defective | 236 | 184 | 212 | 199 | 831 |
36. placed in an improper position | 31 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 104 |
37. The drain foul | 12 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 66 |
38. „ defective | 448 | 420 | 411 | 437 | 1,716 |
39. „ choked or stopped | 86 | 122 | 55 | 51 | 314 |
40. „ unventilated | 290 | 297 | 235 | 260 | 1,082 |
41. The rainwater pipe in direct communication with the drain | 233 | 310 | 213 | 226 | 982 |
42. „ „ in direct communication with the soil-pipe | 9 | 27 | 34 | 16 | 86 |
43. „ „ defective | 41 | 33 | 34 | 27 | 135 |
44. The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C. | 107 | 148 | 180 | 105 | 540 |
45. The house without a proper water supply | 33 | 50 | 40 | 46 | 169 |
46. The roof defective | 74 | 28 | 82 | 45 | 229 |
47. The guttering defective | 37 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 123 |
48. The area improperly paved | 21 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 91 |
49. „ dirty | 8 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 45 |
50. „ undrained | 32 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 91 |
51. The paving of the washhouse defective | 29 | 32 | 28 | 33 | 122 |
52. The back addition walls defective | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
53. The want of a proper manure receptacle | 18 | 19 | 30 | 27 | 94 |
54. The bakehouse walls dirty | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
55. An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 18 | 15 | 22 | 29 | 84 |
56. The house or part of the house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 39 | 26 | 47 | 48 | 160 |
57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 7 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 48 |
58. A tent, van, shed, or similar structure used for human habitation which is in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 2 |
59. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated | 30 | 57 | 56 | 56 | 199 |
60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 129 | 131 | 115 | 145 | 520 |
All Nuisances | 5,116 | 5,556 | 5,479 | 5,083 | 21,234 |