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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1898

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

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Table: Table C.

Table C.

1st Quarter.2nd Qu arter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Year.
Number of Houses inspected8431,0821,1371,5674,629
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c.349262197116924
Total Inspections, &c.1,1921,3441,3341,6835,553
Improvements.
Drains—
Constructed81338
Improved or repaired811106585341
Traps fixed42«216
Cesspools-
Abolished—————
Cleansed or disinfected-----
Privies and Water Closets—
Pan, trap and water supply furnished8711430
Pan and trail only furnished578929
Water supply furnished23322830113
Extra closets—54413
Dust Bins—
Constructed710101340
Repairs and covers adapted214—7
Surface Drains and Pavement of Yards—
Constructed—3429
Relaid1928162689
General Water—
New receptacles provided———22
Receptacles repaired and cleansed26696036191
Water supply provided—32—5
Other Improvements—
Houses generally repaired16131232
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed141116860253
,, ventilated—————
Overcrowding abated1722161065
Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued_-123
Other Amendments and Nuisances abated102616895326
Rooms Disinfected——-—
Total Improvements3254853773851,572
Total Premises Improved170279178217844