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Islington 1902

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

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Table CXIV.

A Summary of Inspector West's Work shop Work during the Year 1903.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK.Quarter ending 29th March, 1902.Quarter ending 28th June, 1902.Quarter ending 27th September, 1902Quarter ending 3rd January, 1903.Year ending 3rd January, 1903.
Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register2161481026316957221614810263169572216351102631695772267511126316958322675111263169583*
,, Number of Workrooms therein22701511527 b318852227015115276318227215276318862237615918276318870237615918276318879
,, Number of Inspections of1512229bb387511281s4052261364532182364026l359343926925123559198771112958310191917
Number of Re-inspections of149347034545476531649233127b695201511142504593151518..9255469421570148651017982747
Workrooms, Number of Inspections of891557101023876605924897557136872412334782526713495444934342692523811622433108414753170
,, found to be overcrowded..................................................................
,, found to be insufficiently ventilated..................................11........................11
,, found to be in a dirty condition..2113165511..4631..1......3334361..1657681413..5117157
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered..........................23....1614..1....61631.. 4112
,, Workrooms therein measured..........................28....11124..34..132683..124
,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery................1..23................................1..23
,, Removed from the Register................................................................
Houses visited for enquiry at which no male hands were..........93......214..............13..3..9341816..3..1148
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room..........................................................43....
Intimation Notices served....613643118..312768..3....195212..101101253517..3268336
Statutory Notices ,,......145..........11........1..1........123........710
Works carried out under supervision:-..11
DrainsConstructed........11..................................................21650
Improved or Repaired21..147....1..17422....1..74....1..4492..4..21423
Traps fixed6....814..........11..........331......2257......_..1516
Water ClosetsW.C.’s constructed or provided ......134..........55..........22..........55....1........
Urinals constructed....................................................................
Pan, trap & water supply furnished....................................................4..........48
Pan and trap only furnished4..3815....1..4712..........1313....1..168....5..5..53
Water supply furnished....4711........4610..2....21923....1..179..25..73493
Dust BinsConstructed......123........213........12122........95665........1339..
Repaired and Covers adapted..............................................................801
Surface DrainsConstructed......11......................................................1
Relaid......11....................................................13
General WaterCisterns provided....................22........................11..l......19
Cisterns repaired and cleansed .....................22..1......67........................360
Water supply provided..................53..53....1..5..6........1..1....1..59823
Ventilation and Cleansing, etc. .Additional means of ventilation......246........156..........33........268..18....5..440
Rooms cleansed and limewashed..213lb9404317..1128144..58..18306128....899619516..38..2351865
Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c, repaired1..124....1..438........13031....1..417221..3..9143154
Miscellaneous3..21318....2..201840....1..23033....3..1050633..6..315236
Nuisances which came under notice during the inspections:—....1910........2682........810..........882..1..211148
Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated, anc defective in water supply....167..1....34811......911....4..11722125..4311
Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking wate cisterns..............................................41..........36 115 92
Cisterns dirty or uncovered............1......12..........99..........4411......14239
Dust bins, wanting or defective......4........5..51........3031..........64652........1180..
Miscellaneous....3151....4..332865..34..56476....6..76780..317..45174
"Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated................................................................
Smcke observations......229229....................................................229229

* This return does not include 399 Kitchens of Restaurants