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Islington 1904

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

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1904] 204

TABLE CXXII.— continued.

NUISANCES.QUARTERS.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The Year.
34.An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit51524361207
35.The dustbin or ashpit defective133141164219657
36.„ ,, placed in an improper position154..10
37.The drain foul12225710101
38.„ defective2782772852641,104
39.,, choked or stopped571148451306
40.,, unventilated135135143119532
41.The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain85859368331
42,, ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe659626
43.„ ,, defective40382642146
44.The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C.22318
45.The house without a proper water supply2031241994
46.The roof defective61509776284
47.The guttering defective48384946181
48.The area improperly paved3123211590
49.,, dirty1124118
50.„ undrained1134119
51.The paving of the washhouse defective27425249170
52.The back addition walls defective1..135
53.The want of a proper manure receptacle2..439
54.The bakehouse walls dirty..........
55.An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance1318123174
56.The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates36273639138
57.An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act292114
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..........
59.The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated33133421101
60.The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated63483633180
All Nuisances2,9823,3113,6052,99612,894