London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 CXX.— continued.

NUISANCES.QUARTERS.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The Year.
34. An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit43223330128
35. The dustbin or ashpit defective135168127128558
36. ,, „ placed in an improper position266418
37. The drain foul2428141480
38. ,, defective3723632952731.303
39. „ choked or stopped61646042227
40. ,, unventilated154195133106588
41. The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain1451389867448
42 „ ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe663419
43. „ defective56594850213
44. The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C.223815
45. The house without a proper water supply37252823113
46. The roof defective57118103125403
47. The guttering defective35775155218
48. The area improperly paved1522202279
49. ,, dirty356923
50. ,, undrained64212
51. The paving of the washhouse defective39524440175
52. The back addition walls defective23117
53. The want of a proper manure receptacle531615
54. The bakehouse walls dirty1......1
55. An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance1510121249
56. The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates22391924104
57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act12813740
58. A tent, van, shed or similar structure used for human habitation which is in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates..........
59. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated26462523120
60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated39474470200
All Nuisances3,5033,8913,1392,98013,513