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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: The following tables give a summary of the work that has been carried out by the Inspectors :—

The following tables give a summary of the work that has been carried out by the Inspectors :—

Drains constructed29
„ repaired174
Traps fixed83
W.C.'s—extra provided23
„ amended85
„ supplied with water138
Dust bins provided124
„ repaired or covered21
Surface drains and yard pavement constructed or relaid -179
Water supply—cisterns provided7
„ „ repaired and cleansed170
„ provided45
Houses—repaired100
„ cleansed and limewashed479
„ ventilated25
Overcrowding abated67