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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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1902]

TABLE CXI X.—continued.

NUISANCES.QUARTERS.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The Year.
34. A.n accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit51273332143
35. The dustbin or ashpit defective109106138168521
36. ,, „ placed in an improper position457319
37. The drain foul1612153477
38. „ defective2592332613381.091
39. ,, choked or stopped65554367230
40. ,, unventilated165117158154549
41. The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain9410294110400
42 ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe31011832
43. ,, defective46373954176
44. The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C.442111
45. The house without a proper water supply33435341170
46. The roof defective43265878205
47. The guttering defective35195052156
48. The area improperly paved2019111161
49. ,, dirtv351211
50. „ undrained832114
51. The paving of the washhouse defective2794543124
52. The back addition walls defective2114
53. The want of a proper manure receptacle11611432
54. The bakehouse walls dirty
55. An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance114301661
56. The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates20182446108
57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act2411926
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 inmates112
59. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated31204316110
60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated47355493223
All Nuisances2,7952,7243,1753,83912,533