London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1903
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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| 1903 | Workshops on Register. | Workrooms therein. | Newly discovered workshops. | Workrooms therein measured. | Inspections. | Total. | Re-inspections and Calls. | Total. | Workshops. | Notices. | Nuisances. | Improvements. | Miscellaneous. | Total of Improvements. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tailors. | Shoemakers. | Pianoforte Makers. | Cycle Makers. | Bakehouses | Restaurants, &c. | Miscellaneous. | Tailors. | Shoemakers. | Pianoforte Makers. | Cycle Makers. | Bakehouses. | Restaurants, &c. | Miscellaneous. | Overcrowded. | Insufficiently Ventilated. | Dirty condition. | Reported to H.M Inspector. | Removed from Register. | Cards distributed. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. | Homeworkers reported to Local Authorities. | Drains defective. | W.C.'s defective. | Cisterns dirty or uncovered. | Dust bins defective or wanting. | Miscellaneous. | Water Closet. | General Water. | Ventilation and Cleansing. | |||||||||||||||||
| Constructed or provided. | Pan and trap furnished. | Water supply provided. | Dust bins provided | Cisterns provided. | Cisterns repaired or cleansed. | Water supply provided. | Additional ventilation. | Workrooms cleansed or limewhited. | Yards, &c., repaired. | Overcrowding abated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Quarter | 618 | 909 | 35 | 39 | 81 | 108 | 20 | 18 | 30 | 85 | 189 | 531 | 31 | 82 | 26 | 13 | 33 | 109 | 347 | 641 | .. | 2 | 98 | 3 | .. | 29 | 88 | .. | 140 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 14 | 52 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 16 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 17 | .. | 48 | 197 |
| 2nd Quarter | 1,136 | 1,520 | 119 | 212 | 24 | 58 | 27 | 14 | 61 | 69 | 285 | 538 | 10 | 55 | 33 | 14 | 68 | 57 | 361 | 598 | .. | 3 | 86 | 3 | .. | .. | 95 | .. | .. | 1 | 22 | .. | 7 | 51 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 108 | 12 | .. | 31 | 201 |
| 3rd Quarter | 1,174 | 1,603 | 38 | 83 | 78 | 51 | 21 | 11 | 75 | 101 | 188 | 525 | 3 | 25 | .. | 22 | 73 | 294 | 431 | .. | 1 | 60 | 3 | .. | .. | 68 | .. | 58 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 68 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 49 | 9 | 40 | 136 | ||
| 4th Quarter | 1,196 | 1,656 | 22 | 53 | 26 | 80 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 120 | 207 | 523 | 8 | 51 | 59 | .. | 32 | 176 | 329 | 655 | .. | 52 | .. | 16 | 91 | 3 | .. | 11 | 33 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 72 | 15 | .. | 83 | 222 | ||
| 1.196 | 1,656 | 214 | 387 | 209 | 297 | 100 | 54 | 213 | 375 | 869 | 2,117 | 52 | 213 | 132 | 27 | 155 | 415 | 1,331 | 2,325 | .. | 7 | 296 | 13 | .. | 45 | 342 | 3 | 198 | 26 | 108 | 13 | 51 | 243 | 35 | 42 | 47 | 49 | .. | 3 | 10 | 311 | 53 | .. | 202 | 756 | ||