Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-seventh annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | Quarter ending 29th Mar., 1902. | Quarter ending 28th June, 1902. | Quarter ending 27th Sept., 1902. | Ouarter ending 3rd Jan., 1903. | Total tor Year ending 3rd Jan , 1903 | |||||||||||||||
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Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | |
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, etc. Number of on the Register | 390 | 196 | 470 | 1056 | 404 | 198 | 478 | 1080 | 408 | 202 | 482 | 1092 | 404 | 199 | 481 | 1084 | 404 | 199 | 481 | 1084 |
,, Number of Workrooms therein | 507 | 510 | 748 | 1765 | 525 | 514 | 762 | 1801 | 530 | 522 | 769 | 1821 | 526 | 510 | 776 | 1812 | 526 | 510 | 776 | 1812 |
Number of Inspections of | 201 | 39 | 220 | 460 | 105 | 93 | 215 | 413 | 114 | 42 | 193 | 349 | 145 | 36 | 261 | 442 | 565 | 210 | 889 | 1664 |
,, No. of Re-inspections of and calls | 188 | 98 | 236 | 522 | 126 | 71 | 224 | 421 | 123 | 78 | 189 | 390 | 130 | 56 | 213 | 399 | 567 | 303 | 862 | 1732 |
Workrooms, Number of Inspections of | 288 | 86 | 317 | 691 | 128 | 225 | 268 | 621 | 129 | 102 | 240 | 471 | 170 | 94 | 318 | 582 | 715 | 507 | 1143 | 2365 |
found to be overcrowded | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
,, found to be insufficiently ventilated | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
,, found to be in a dirty condition | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 9 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 24 | 74 |
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered during the year | 23 | 21 | 24 | 48 | 27 | 5 | 24 | 56 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 20 | 4 | 27 | 51 | 79 | 14 | 91 | 194 |
,, Workrooms therein measured | 34 | 3 | 36 | 73 | 30 | 12 | 42 | 84 | 21 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 21 | 8 | 35 | 64 | 106 | 31 | 132 | 269 |
,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 21 | 1 | 15 | 37 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 66 | 9 | 49 | 124 |
,, Removed from the Register | 15 | 2 | 15 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 31 | 15 | .. | 13 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 28 | 59 | 66 | 12 | 72 | 150 |
Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed* | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 31 | 61 | |
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room | 55 | .. | 32 | 87 | 33 | 6 | 41 | 80 | 27 | 4 | 20 | 51 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 56 | 141 | 14 | 119 | 274 |
Written Intimations issued | 6 | 3 | .. | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 53 |
Works carried out under supervision :— | ||||||||||||||||||||
(a) Additional means of ventilation provided | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 4 |
(b) Rooms cleansed and whitewashed | 3 | 7 | .. | 10 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 47 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 35 | 30 | 53 | 35 | 118 |
(c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c.. repaired | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 34 |
(d) Sanitary Conveniences constructed | 2 | .. | 4 | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
(e) Miscellaneous | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
Nuisances which came under notice during the inspections :— | ||||||||||||||||||||
(f) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 10 | .. | 6 | 16 | |
(g) Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted,unventilated and defective in water supply | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
(h) Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
(i) Cisterns dirty or uncovered | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 11 | ||
(J) Dustbins, wanting or defective . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 10 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
(K) Miscellaneous | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | 28 | 30 | 77 |
" Overcrowding " of Workrooms, Cases of, abated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
* Houses where a Business Plate or the Directory, or Newspaper Advertisements implied probability that Female Workers would be employed, but at which none were found