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Islington 1898

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

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Table Y. Summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' Reports, from 3rd January, 1898,to 31st December, 1898.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
1234567891011121314
361737662692326392478362347585854372075506802
434353114153190635937044322446538244211557739902006548559966
Visits to Bakehouses....1.................3..4
Do Cowhouses3..42....3..315282272110
Do. Slaughter-houses8..272553122.163511142175
Do. Stables and Yards27..2914426572464116254182611221862487
Do. Courts, &c.........• •........167......13
Do. Factories and Workshops..........6..1........18
Do. Fields, Lanes,&c..................1........1
Do. Factories. Horse Slaughter-houses, Piggeries, &c., Bell Isle................3..........35
Do. Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts7368767768729375776351661244909
Dust Removals Ordered..............................
Registered Lodging Houses••••..26....................26
Total Inspections, &c.4815611619525782426341844921496945205324646545693396627070546
Improvements. Drains— Constructed171639615780813414016715353158711591683
Improved or repaired202472712034183123459914221340911294
5907168452944904066025687305172724992407827551
Cesspools— Abolished....112143..7......4133
Cleansed or disinfected........1......21........4
Privies and Water Closets— Pan, trap and water supply furnished237416530159160123371842163201299702127
2103819671720018120980112169..1931360
Water supply furnished2961121544274425224813250
Dust Bins— Constructed52976122393530529610195124581191001
Repaired and Covers adapted23715712661....275843]323
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards— Constructed22165014814712758183681051148920
Relaid1242683697710673..431773611229944611789
General Water— New receptacles provided5529163111211..19174196643
Receptacles repaired and cleansed6428364181739562235284845180899
Water supply provided15232251592315195721151522285
Other improvements— Houses generally repaired1123631618..71302454501616401
Do. &c., cleansed or limewashed1447253264910102248105604454526
Do.ventilated..37236353..14..4813614610211712611478
Overcrowding abated11..2..31..143220101590
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..................4205..534
Other Amendments or Nuisances abated3306989244073482152805216707332847859289728095
Rooms disinfected161351887142382452224201112121401711426
Total Improvements179336434202158215453121565181528072616166927231854308632212
Total Premises Improved4064824513383271782672864255795014388195146011