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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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Swimming Baths.
| Bathers. | Hornsey Road.' | Caledonian Road. | Tibberton Square. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public. | 1st class | Males | 59,515 | 14,279 | 22,302 | 96,096 |
| Females | 5,170 | 992 | 2,795 | 8,957 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 48,521 | 45,814 | 44,751 | 139,086 | |
| Females | 4,962 | 4,681 | 6,655 | 16,298 | ||
| Schools. | 1st class | Boys | 7,704 | 3,152 | 3,086 | 13,942 |
| Girls | 1,737 | 318 | 39 | 2,094 | ||
| 2nd class | Boys | 34,950 | 18,814 | 30,583 | 84,347 | |
| Girls | 15,768 | 11,662 | 7,116 | 34,546 | ||
| Totals | 178,327 | 99,712 | 117,327 | 395,366 | ||
| Private (Slipper) Baths. | ||||||
| 1st class | Males | 33,897 | 16,120 | 22,812 | 72,829 | |
| Females | 4,098 | 1,697 | 3,482 | 9,277 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 53,028 | 53,738 | 60,950 | 167,716 | |
| Females | 18,999 | 13,837 | 25,586 | 58,422 | ||
| Totals | 110,022 | 85,392 ' | 112,830 | 308,244 | ||
| wash houses. | ||||||
| Washers | 25,385 | 32,501 | 61,641 | 119,527 | ||
| Total Persons using each Establishment. | ||||||
| Total persons using each establishment in 1898 | 313,734 | 217,605 | 291,798 | 823,137 | ||