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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Table CXIX.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 151 | 33 | 51 | 163 | 9 | 310 | 306 | 71 | 136 | 170 | 344 | 68 | 8 | 171 | 1999 |
Number of Houses inspected | 163 | 285 | 495 | 241 | 337 | 577 | 251 | 323 | 404 | 52 | 423 | 378 | 292 | 457 | 5156 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 4320 | 3582 | 4030 | 3737 | 3569 | 3771 | 4768 | 4264 | 3502 | 5071 | 4237 | 4821 | 3126 | 5364 | 58163 |
Total Visits | 4634 | 3900 | 4584 | 4147 | 3915 | 4658 | 5326 | 4658 | 4042 | 5765 | 5004 | 5267 | 3426 | 5992 | 65318 |
Visits to Ice Cream Factories | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 10 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 29 |
Dairies and Milkshops | 47 | 56 | 11 | 23 | 9,4 | 65 | 28 | 37 | 27 | 18 | 84 | 87 | 57 | 9 | 573 |
„ Stables and Yards | 4 | 99 | 287 | 234 | 282 | 385 | 117 | 191 | 58 | 114 | 44 | 407 | 2347 | 164 | 4663 |
,, Manure Depots | 1 | .. | 204 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 229 | |
,, Workshops, with respect to drains | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 3 | 4 | 64 | 14 | .. | 196 | 3 | 1 | 300 |
,, Under Customs and Inland Revenue Acts | .. | .. | 13 | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 168 | .. | 181 |
.. | .. | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 28 | |
,, Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 45 | 89 | 45 | 33 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 34 | 37 | 41 | 35 | 44 | .. | 33 | 493 |
„ Registered Lodging Houses | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Smoke observations | 1 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 50 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 | 16 | 14 | 20 | .. | 175 |
Miscellaneous inspections | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 8 | 8 | .. | .. | 6 | 15 | .. | 56 | 51 | 1 | 150 |
All Inspections, visits, etc | 4734 | 4109 | 5172 | 4499 | 4314 | 5161 | 5512 | 4856 | 4242 | 5998 | 5186 | 6081 | 6073 | 6203 | 72140 |
Notices Served. | .. | ||||||||||||||
Intimation — Personally | 98 | 105 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 145 | 91 | 79 | 73 | 110 | 182 | 166 | 71 | 152 | 1443 |
By Post | 1 | 7 | 24 | 11 | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | 3 | 73 |
Statutory— Personally | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 31 |
By Post | 1 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 85 |
Improvements | |||||||||||||||
Drains— Constructed | 117 | 67 | 132 | 43 | 40 | 447 | 146 | 129 | 102 | 123 | 29 | 133 | 61 | 142 | 1711 |
Improved of repaired | 24 | 40 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 18 | 75 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 58 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 530 |
Traps fixed | 489 | 312 | 590 | 176 | 262 | 720 | 666 | 719 | 402 | 390 | 135 | 437 | 202 | 440 | 5940 |
Cesspools— Abolished | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 29 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 43 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Water Closets— Pan, trap and water supply fur nished | 210 | 40 | 203 | 7 | 18 | 150 | 12 | 50 | 67 | 35 | 18 | 24 | 67 | 46 | 947 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 23 | 92 | 37 | 56 | 67 | 136 | 235 | 176 | 76 | 118 | 38 | 217 | 4 | 156 | 1431 |
Water supply furnished | 9 | 15 | 89 | 14 | 11 | 111 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 25 | 55 | 19 | 11 | 30 | 428 |
Dust Bins— | 94 | 24 | 14 | 45 | 33 | 120 | 71 | 29 | 55 | 46 | 59 | 50 | 29 | 106 | 705 |
Repaired | 1 | .. | 132 | .. | 4 | 40 | 14 | .. | 9 | 25 | 9 | 5 | .. | 1 | 210 |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards— Constructed | 1 | 26 | 6 | 31 | 10 | 23 | 153 | 117 | 14 | 75 | 15 | 194 | 32 | 27 | 721 |
Relaid | 98 | 51 | 207 | 49 | 60 | 175 | 84 | 31 | 110 | 74 | 60 | 47 | 74 | 262 | 1382 |
Domestic Water Supply — New Cisterns provided | 3 | 1 | .. | 9 | 1 | 40 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 120 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 39 | 11 | 63 | 28 | 14 | 120 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 42 | 19 | 104 | 38 | 56 | 568 |
Water Supply provided | 91 | 12 | 51 | 27 | 12 | 48 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 46 | 22 | 25 | 411 |
Other Improvements — Houses generally repaired | .. | 19 | 20 | 50 | 11 | 115 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 163 | 125 | 24 | 65 | 651 |
,, etc., cleansed or lime- washed | 34 | 20 | 155 | 72 | 15 | 216 | 40 | 10 | 24 | 19 | 151 | 132 | 48 | 71 | 1007 |
,, ventilated | .. | 2 | 12 | 28 | .. | 17 | 40 | 49 | 4 | 90 | 11 | 77 | 86 | 98 | 514 |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 4 | 4 | 6 | .. | 32 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 117 |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 206 | 531 | 135 | 353 | 260 | 770 | 223 | 494 | 381 | 666 | 476 | 1612 | 1563 | 820 | 8490 |
Rooms Disinfected | 93 | 117 | 24 | 119 | 206 | 92 | 73 | 111 | 117 | 94 | 127 | 135 | 88 | 118 | 1514 |
Total Improvements | 1462 | 1384 | 1911 | 1122 | 1061 | 3423 | 1890 | 1970 | 1472 | 1898 | 1458 | 3471 | 2456 | 2520 | 27498 |
Total Premises Improved | 329 | 246 | 168 | 324 | 305 | 1019 | 404 | 297 | 253 | 421 | 539 | 417 | 1555 | 479 | 6756 |