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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1903]
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TABLE CXX.—
NUISANCES. | QUARTERS. | ||||
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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 ashpit | 43 | 22 | 33 | 30 | 128 |
35. The dustbin or ashpit defective | 135 | 168 | 127 | 128 | 558 |
36. ,, „ placed in an improper position | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
37. The drain foul | 24 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 80 |
38. ,, defective | 372 | 363 | 295 | 273 | 1.303 |
39. „ choked or stopped | 61 | 64 | 60 | 42 | 227 |
40. ,, unventilated | 154 | 195 | 133 | 106 | 588 |
41. The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain | 145 | 138 | 98 | 67 | 448 |
42 „ ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
43. „ defective | 56 | 59 | 48 | 50 | 213 |
44. The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
45. The house without a proper water supply | 37 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 113 |
46. The roof defective | 57 | 118 | 103 | 125 | 403 |
47. The guttering defective | 35 | 77 | 51 | 55 | 218 |
48. The area improperly paved | 15 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 79 |
49. ,, dirty | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
50. ,, undrained | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
51. The paving of the washhouse defective | 39 | 52 | 44 | 40 | 175 |
52. The back addition walls defective | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
53. The want of a proper manure receptacle | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
54. The bakehouse walls dirty | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
55. An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 15 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 49 |
56. The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 22 | 39 | 19 | 24 | 104 |
57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 12 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 40 |
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 unventilated | 26 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 120 |
60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 39 | 47 | 44 | 70 | 200 |
All Nuisances | 3,503 | 3,891 | 3,139 | 2,980 | 13,513 |