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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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134, Holloway Road (2 offences).
Chatterton's Lead Works, Caledonian Road.
131, Seven Sisters Road.
20 York Road.
School Board, Highbury Grove.
34, York Road.
16, Westbourne Road.
Conolly, Wharf Road (2 offences).

Table: SYNOPSIS OF THE DISTRICT INSPECTORS SANITARY WORK FROM 1891 to 1903.

SYNOPSIS OF THE DISTRICT INSPECTORS SANITARY WORK FROM 1891 to 1903.

Houses inspected and visited719,307
Drains constructed15,055
„ Improved and repaired12,406
„ Traps fixed69,445
Water closets, pan, trap, etc., furnished18,780
„ Pan and trap only, furnished11,859
„ Water only, furnished5,258
Soil Pipe, Defective, renewed or remedied2,979
„ Insufficiently ventilated, fully ventilated2,455
„ Unventilated, ventilation supplied4,892
Dust Bins, Constructed9,577
Repaired3,256
Surface drainage, Constructed9,567
„ Relaid17,490
Water supply, New cisterns provided3,950
„ Cisterns repaired and cleansed7,894
„ New supply4,194
Houses generally Repaired4,763
„ Cleansed9,495
„ Ventilated11,966
Other Improvements82,853
Total Improvements308,134