Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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Table CXXI.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 127 | 17 | 45 | 79 | 17 | 344 | 296 | 93 | 30 | 160 | 45 | 16 | 2 | 73 | 1903 |
Number of Houses inspected | 178 | 282 | 550 | 269 | 289 | 506 | 236 | 324 | 351 | 624 | 392 | 569 | 21 | 442 | 5230 |
Re inspections, Calls made, etc. | 3622 | 3811 | 2905 | 2911 | 3500 | 3229 | 5072 | 4793 | 3740 | 4516 | 3963 | 3687 | 2261 | 5155 | 53163 |
Total Visits | 3927 | 4109 | 3500 | 3258 | 3806 | 4079 | 5604 | 5210 | 4121 | 5300 | 4814 | 4417 | 2481 | 15670 | 60296 |
Visits to Ice Cream Factories | 21 | 51 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 26 | 27 | 46 | .. | 9 | 280 |
Dairies and Milkshops | 90 | 94 | 19 | 88 | 79 | 48 | 87 | 41 | 91 | 3t | 201 | 174 | 8 | 55 | 1112 |
,, Stables and Yards | 48 | 148 | 7811 | 14! | 567 | 567 | 62 | 39 | 91 | 204 | 19 | 370 | 670 | 278 | 4001 |
,, Manure Depots | l0 | .. | 102 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 122 |
,, Workshops, with respect to drains | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 6 | 15 | .. | 545 | 2 | 1 | 578 | |
,, Under Customs and Inland Revenue Acts | .. | .. | 46 | .. | .. | .. | 54 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 101 |
450 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 300 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | 792 | |
,, Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 26 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 41 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 38 | .. | 24 | 371 |
Registered Lodging Houses | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Smoke observations | 25 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 180 | 36 | 47 | 4 | 61 | 29 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 515 | |
Dust Removals ordered | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
All Inspections, visits, etc | 4605 | 4439 | 4520 | 3536 | 4663 | 5084 | 5915 | 5354 | 4361 | 5673 | 5126 | 5679 | 3171 | 6056 | 68182 |
Notices Served. | |||||||||||||||
Intimation — | |||||||||||||||
Personally | 237 | 259 | 156 | 376 | 134 | 300 | 363 | 243 | 274 | 363 | 441 | 431 | 206 | 384 | 4192 |
By Post | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | .. | 12 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 95 |
Statutory— | |||||||||||||||
Personally | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 72 |
By Post Improvements. | 3 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 3 | 17 | 181 |
Drains— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 78 | 48 | 77 | 39 | 46 | 202 | 177 | 127 | 89 | 66 | 34 | 69 | 33 | 116 | 1201 |
Improved or repaired | 18 | 18 | 30 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 44 | 16 | 36 | 48 | 79 | 66 | 36 | 78 | 462 |
Traps fixed | 367 | 228 | 392 | 202 | 240 | 329 | 766 | 496 | 424 | 319 | 146 | 355 | 198 | 325 | 4787 |
Cesspools— | |||||||||||||||
Abolished | 15 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 6 | 13 | 3 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 47 |
Cleansed or disinfected | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | 13 |
Water Closets— | |||||||||||||||
Pan, trap and water supply furnished | 123 | 25 | 117 | 7 | 18 | 51 | 28 | 15 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 3!) | 56 | 60 | 630 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 21 | 61 | 89 | 45 | 50 | 37 | 216 | 154 | 101 | 86 | 47 | 158 | 1 | 118 | 1184 |
Water supply furnished | 13 | 12 | 54 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 84 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 332 |
Dust Bins— | |||||||||||||||
Provided | 59 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 48 | 64 | 58 | 45 | 51 | 40 | 76 | 114 | 38 | 86 | 835 |
Repaired | 4 | 1 | 80 | .. | 6 | 5 | 5 | .. | 22 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 138 |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 1 | 18 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 17 | 148 | 93 | 16 | 81 | 38 | 103 | 26 | 30 | 605 |
Relaid | 60 | 31 | 126 | 47 | 48 | 36 | 75 | 42 | 91 | 34 | 43 | 92 | 37 | 185 | 917 |
Domestic Water Supply- | |||||||||||||||
New Cisterns provided | .. | 2 | 13 | .. | 3 | 19 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 94 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 38 | 17 | 61 | 33 | 17 | 61 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 31 | 191 | 39 | 43 | 610 |
Water Supply provided | 85 | 13 | 32 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 312 |
Other Improvements- | |||||||||||||||
Houses generally repaired | 4 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 15 | 66 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 11 | 126 | 158 | 25 | 42 | 551 |
,, etc., cleansed or lime-washed | 45 | 6 | 107 | 58 | 12 | 73 | 18 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 83 | 114 | 48 | 67 | 692 |
,, ventilated | 31 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 10 | . 56 | 8 | 48 | 3 | 77 | 86 | 49 | 111 | ||
Overcrowding abated | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 90 | ||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 1 | .. | 25 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 2 | .. | .. | 57 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 173 | 355 | 303 | 250 | 245 | 607 | 326 | 344 | 333 | 504 | 518 | 2357 | 746 | 660 | 7721 |
Rooms Disinfected | 98 | 107 | 51 | 107 | 143 | 114 | 65 | 96 | 64 | 161 | 149 | 122 | 74 | 117 | 1468 |
Total Improvements | 1204 | 996 | 1664 | 1020 | 936 | 1761 | 1977 | 1528 | 1389 | 1574 | 1517 | 4117 | 1529 | 1975 | 3187 |
Total Premises Improved | 337 | 199 | 264 | 311 | 249 | 645 | 340 | 287 | 264 | 411 | 544 | 431 | 715 | 5414 |