Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-third annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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Table CII.—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 | 64 | 53 | 64 | 40 | 221 |
35. | The dustbin or ashpit defective | 237 | 166 | 121 | 127 | 651 |
36. | ,, ,, placed in an improper position | 15 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 49 |
37. | The drain foul | 35 | 26 | 59 | 40 | 160 |
38. | „ defective | 531 | 353 | 367 | 366 | 1,617 |
39. | ,, choked or stopped | 104 | 65 | 123 | 62 | 354 |
40. | unventilated | 332 | 269 | 246 | 230 | 1,077 |
41. | The rainwater pipe in direct communication with the drain | 308 | 260 | 123 | 135 | 826 |
42. | ,, ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe | 23 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 70 |
43. | ,, ,, defective | 28 | 37 | 32 | 43 | 140 |
44. | The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C. | 294 | 200 | 24 | 15 | 533 |
45. | The house without a proper water supply | 63 | 41 | 43 | 50 | 187 |
46. | The roof defective | 45 | 30 | 32 | 47 | 154 |
47. | The guttering defective | 27 | 25 | 17 | 45 | 114 |
48. | The area improperly paved | 31 | 22 | 29 | 46 | 128 |
49. | „ dirty | 16 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 45 |
50. | ,, undrained | 24 | 32 | 12 | 32 | 100 |
51. | The paving of the washhouse defective | 46 | 36 | 26 | 35 | 143 |
52. | The back addition walls defective | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
53. | The want of a proper manure receptacle | 13 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 40 |
54. | The bakehouse walls dirty | 1 | 1 | |||
55. | An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 32 | 21 | 24 | 11 | 88 |
56. | The house or part of the house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 35 | 19 | 38 | 18 | 110 |
57. | An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 54 |
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 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
59. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated | 98 | 53 | 60 | 79 | 290 |
60. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insuflScier.tly ventilated | 162 | 98 | 66 | 72 | 398 |
All Nuisances | 6,920 | 5,522 | 3,786 | 3,768 | 19,996 |