London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1905
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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Table CXX.
| Register. | Inspections. | Forms and Notices. | Sanitary Defects Discovered. | Improvements Effected. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1905 Quarter ending. | Number of Workshops. | Number of Laundries. | Additions To. | Removals From. ___ | Total. | Number of Workrooms. | Registered Workshops, &c. | Homeworkers' Premises. | Restaurant Kitchens. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Calls and Re-inspections. | Workrooms. | Workshops Reported to H.M. Inspector. | Homeworkers notified to Local Authorities. | Workroom Cards. | Intimation Notices Served. | Statutory Notices Served. | Workrooms Overcrowded | Workrooms insufficiently Ventilated. | Workrooms in a Dirty Condition. | Floors Defective or Undrained. | Dustbins Wanting or Defective. | Cisterns Dirty or Defective. | Drains Defective. I | Drains Unventilated or Untrapped, &c. | Sanitary Conveniences, Defective or Dirty. | Insufficient Sanitary Accommodation. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Overcrowding Abated. | Additional Means of Ventilation Provided. | Rooms Whitewashed. | Floors Repaired or Drained. | Dustbins, Cisterns, Roofs, &c., Repaired. | Sanitary Conveniences Repaired. | Miscellaneous. | Total. |
| 1st April | 869 | 171 | 61 | 47 | 1 054 | 1,795 | 206 | 299 | 38 | 26 | 569 | 496 | 694 | 31 | 335 | 85 | 27 | .. | 1 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 3 | .. | 3 | 13 | .. | 6 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 9 | 7 | .. | 57 |
| 1st July | 885 | 169 | 35 | 84 | 1,005 | 1 730 | 367 | 51 | 1 | 9 | 428 | 312 | 657 | 32 | 5 | 60 | 24 | .. | 2 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | 10 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 45 |
| 30th September | 840 | 164 | 3 | 4 | 1,004 | 1,732 | 99 | 71 | .. | .. | 170 | 117 | 225 | 7 | 91 | 33 | 10 | .. | 7 | .. | 28 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | .. | 5 | 60 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 30th December | 835 | 161 | 30 | 38 | 996 | 1 731 | 212 | 240 | .. | .. | 452 | 478 | 357 | 30 | 113 | 64 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 1 | •• | .. | 27 | .. | 8 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 41 | .. | 8 | 28 | 2 | 83 |
| Total for Year | 835 | 161 | 129 | 173 | 996 | 1,731 | 884 | 1161 | 39 | 35 | 1,619 | 1,403 | 1,933 | 100 | 544 | 242 | 81 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 167 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 64 | •• | 29 | 309 | 13 | 3 | 111 | 3 | 22 | 44 | 6 | 202 |