Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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202
1903]
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
Inspector Jordan. | Inspector Ward. | Totals. | |||||||||
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1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter. | Year. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter. | Year. | ||
Lodging Houses on the Register | |||||||||||
Number of Houses inspected | |||||||||||
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc | |||||||||||
Total inspections, etc | |||||||||||
Drains— | |||||||||||
Constructed | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Improved or repaired | .. | .. | |||||||||
Traps fixed | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Cesspools— | |||||||||||
Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Water Closets— | |||||||||||
Pan, trap and water supply furnished | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Pan and trap only furnished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Water supply furnished | .. | 7 | .. | ||||||||
Extra closets provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Dust Bins — | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Provided | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Repaired | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Surface Drains and Pavement of Yards— | |||||||||||
Constructed | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Relaid | 16 | 101 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |||||
Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||
New cisterns provided | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 21 | 35 | .. | 20 | .. | 219 | |||||
Water supply provided | 20 | .. | 30 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Other Improvements— | |||||||||||
Houses generally repaired | .. | 18 | .. | .. | |||||||
„ etc., cleansed or limewashed | 9 | 124 | .. | 32 | 21 | .. | 342 | ||||
„ ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | 21 | ||
Overcrowding abated | 31 | 9 | .. | .. | 80 | ||||||
Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Other Amendments and Nuisances abated | 122 | 131 | 239 | .. | .. | ||||||
Rooms Disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Total Improvements | 337 | 1,838 | .. | 161 | 21 | ||||||
Total Premises Improved | 249 | .. | 33 | 90 |