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. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||