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[1905
Effluvium Nuisances.—As in the preceding year, none came under
observation.
Want of Air Space. Overcrowding.—Overcrowding was discovered
in 14 instances, as compared with 4 in the preceding year. On each
proprietor's attention being drawn to it, an abatement was at once
effected.
Want of Drainage of Floors.—In four instances insufficient drainage
of floors was discovered. At the end of the year three of these were put right,
while the remaining one has since been remedied.
Want of Ventilation.—Seven cases of insufficient ventilation were discovered,
and the deficiency in each case was duly remedied.
Sanitary Accommodation— In 25 instances the accommodation was
found to be insufficient. In 115 it was discovered to be unsuitable, while in
three instances there was not separate accommodation for the sexes. The
defaults with respect to the insufficient accommodation, and those with respect
to insufficient accommodation for the sexes, had been put right before the year
closed, but as regards unsuitable or defective accommodation, in nine instances
the work, although since finished, had not been carried out.
Bakehouses.—There are in Islington 260 bakehouses, of which 45 are
no longer in use, 38 of these unused bakehouses being underground. Thus
there are left 222, of which 102 are underground, and to these 707 visits were
paid by Inspector West, in addition to which the Superintendent, Mr. J. R.
Leggatt, made an independent and careful inspection in the month of April,
when he reported that there was a marked improvement in their general
condition, and that there was a desire on the part of the occupiers, especially
of those underground bakehouses which had been certified, to keep them clean.
Few, if any, infringements of the law relating to bakehouses were discovered.
There was, however, one glaring case in which a young man was on one
occasion found washing his feet in the bakehouse and on another occasion
sleeping on the trough, where he had brought a pillow for his head, sacks to lie
on and an overcoat for a quilt. The offender was summoned before a
magistrate and a penalty of 20s. and 22s. costs imposed on him. Since then
the Superintendent and Inspector have paid further visits and have reported
that matters are in a satisfactory state.