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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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194
1902]
Act, 1891, and not under the nuisance clauses of the act itself. Altogether 610
yards were dealt with, but as a rule only very small works, such as repairs
were effected, and consequently they are certain to become recurring nuisances.
SYNOPSIS OF THE DISTRICT INSPECTORS SANITARY WORK FROM 1891-1902.
| Total from 1891 to 1902. | |
|---|---|
| Houses inspected and visited | 83,974 |
| Drains constructed | 13,344 |
| „ Improved and repaired | 11,876 |
| ,, Traps fixed | 63,505 |
| Water closets, pan, trap, etc., furnished | 17,833 |
| „ Pan and trap only, furnished | 10,428 |
| „ Water only, furnished | 4,830 |
| Soil Pipe. Defective, renewed or remedied | 2,803 |
| „ Insufficiently ventilated, fully ventilated | 2,185 |
| „ Unventilated. ventilation supplied | 4,711 |
| Dustbins. Constructed | 8,872 |
| „ Repaired | 3,016 |
| Surface drainage constructed | 8,843 |
| ,, Relaid | 16,108 |
| Water supply. New cisterns provided | 3,830 |
| ,, Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 7,326 |
| „ New supply | 3,783 |
| Houses generally repaired | 4,112 |
| ,, Cleansed | 8,488 |
| „ Ventilated | 11,452 |
| Other Improvements | 73,291 |
| Total improvements | 280,636 |
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
These trades, which comprise 3 tripe boilers, 2 gut scrapers, 1 tallow
melter, and 1 knacker's yard, received 109 visits from Inspector Wilkinson,
who reports with respect to them that on the whole they have been well
conducted, but that at times obnoxious smells are perceptible at some little
distance from the knacker's yard. The prevention of the effluvium nuisance
from this establishment is under the careful consideration of the County
Council, whose Licensing Committee have had the matter before them many
times. The intention is to insist that the trade shall be conducted in closed
chambers.