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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1902]
TABLE CXI
NUISANCES. | QUARTERS. | ||||
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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 ashpit | 51 | 27 | 33 | 32 | 143 |
35. The dustbin or ashpit defective | 109 | 106 | 138 | 168 | 521 |
36. ,, „ placed in an improper position | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
37. The drain foul | 16 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 77 |
38. „ defective | 259 | 233 | 261 | 338 | 1.091 |
39. ,, choked or stopped | 65 | 55 | 43 | 67 | 230 |
40. ,, unventilated | 165 | 117 | 158 | 154 | 549 |
41. The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain | 94 | 102 | 94 | 110 | 400 |
42 ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe | 3 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 32 |
43. ,, defective | 46 | 37 | 39 | 54 | 176 |
44. The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
45. The house without a proper water supply | 33 | 43 | 53 | 41 | 170 |
46. The roof defective | 43 | 26 | 58 | 78 | 205 |
47. The guttering defective | 35 | 19 | 50 | 52 | 156 |
48. The area improperly paved | 20 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 61 |
49. ,, dirtv | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
50. „ undrained | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
51. The paving of the washhouse defective | 27 | 9 | 45 | 43 | 124 |
52. The back addition walls defective | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
53. The want of a proper manure receptacle | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
54. The bakehouse walls dirty | |||||
55. An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 11 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 61 |
56. The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 20 | 18 | 24 | 46 | 108 |
57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 26 |
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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
59. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated | 31 | 20 | 43 | 16 | 110 |
60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 47 | 35 | 54 | 93 | 223 |
All Nuisances | 2,795 | 2,724 | 3,175 | 3,839 | 12,533 |