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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1904

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

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[1904
is concerned, anonymous. When it is recollected that the London County
Council is not the sanitary authority, and that, as already stated, the majority
of these complaints are made to them in error, it is, to speak mildly, not
treating the Borough Council with that courtesy and consideration which it
has every right to expect, as the authority duly appointed under the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, to receive complaints, to abate nuisances, and to
prevent disease.

Table: Improvements effected—As a result of these inspections and the notices which were served, the following sanitary defects were abated:—Houses.

Improvements effected—As a result of these inspections and the notices which were served, the following sanitary defects were abated:—

Houses.

Dirty718
Damp278
Out of Repair346
Water Closets.
Foul627
Without water supply203
With deficient water supply225
Improperly constructed735
Defective473
Stopped82
Improperly situated48
Insufficient external ventilation105
Insufficient in number94
Soil Pipes.
Defective139
Unventilated183
Improperly ventilated178