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Islington 1903

Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington

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Table CXIX.

Showing summary ofSanitary WorkfromInspectors' reportsfor the Year1903.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
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House to House Inspections15133511639310306711361703446881711999
Number of Houses inspected163285495241337577251323404524233782924575156
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc.4320358240303737356937714768426435025071423748213126536458163
Total Visits4634390045844147391546585326465840425765500452673426599265318
Visits to Ice Cream Factories22..1........610..8....29
Dairies and Milkshops475611239,465283727188487579573
„ Stables and Yards499287234282385117191581144440723471644663
,, Manure Depots1..2045..1..211311..229
,, Workshops, with respect to drains..6......9346414..19631300
,, Under Customs and Inland Revenue Acts....13...................168..181
,, re Water Certificates....20............4..1..328
,, Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts458945333535373437413544..33493
„ Registered Lodging Houses......1....................1
Smoke observations1585250..12..6161420..175
Miscellaneous inspections..2..388....615..56511150
All Inspections, visits, etc4734410951724499431451615512485642425998518660816073620372140
Notices Served...
Intimation — Personally98105495864145917973110182166711521443
By Post172411....14..2....11..373
Statutory— Personally2321..12....3342831
By Post141934733271385685
Improvements
Drains— Constructed11767132434044714612910212329133611421711
Improved of repaired24407163718757363658705947530
Traps fixed4893125901762627206667194023901354372024405940
Cesspools— Abolished....4....29....5......4143
Cleansed or disinfected..............................
Water Closets— Pan, trap and water supply fur nished210402037181501250673518246746947
Pan and trap only furnished2392375667136235176761183821741561431
Water supply furnished91589141111157272555191130428
Dust Bins—942414453312071295546595029106705
Repaired1..132..44014..92595..1210
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards— Constructed12663110231531171475151943227721
Relaid985120749601758431110746047742621382
Domestic Water Supply — New Cisterns provided31..91403..1..36305120
Cisterns repaired and cleansed39116328141201612642191043856568
Water Supply provided91125127124852223207462225411
Other Improvements — Houses generally repaired..192050111152969151631252465651
,, etc., cleansed or lime- washed342015572152164010241915113248711007
,, ventilated..21228..17404949011778698514
Overcrowding abated..446..32..1242226133117
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued....1....4....213121125
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated206531135353260770223494381666476161215638208490
Rooms Disinfected9311724119206927311111794127135881181514
Total Improvements1462138419111122106134231890197014721898145834712456252027498
Total Premises Improved329246168324305101940429725342153941715554796756