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Islington 1905

Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1905

TABLE CXX1V.—continued.

NUISANCES.QUARTERS.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th QuarterThe Year.
34An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit72373420163
35.The dustbin or ashpit defective11633471741331.817
36.„ ,, placed in an improper position44614
37.The drain foul141312847
38.,, defective3372592332581 087
39.„ choked or stopped56624733198
40.,, unventilated138969680410
41.The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain107846765323
42,, ,, in direct communication with 1he soil-pipe..1357429
43.,, ,, defective35365142164
44.The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C.2711..29
45.The house without a proper water supply33242028105
46.The roof defective87738159300
47.'The guttering defective40333228133
48.The area improperly paved657624
49.dirty448319
50.„ undrained11215
51.The paving of the washhouse defective55393024148
52.The back addition walls defective21115
53.The want of a proper manure receptacle742215
54.The bakehouse walls dirty......11
55.An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance1215212674
56.The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates36314625138
57.An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act10661032
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 door being unventilated139233075
60The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly
or insufficiently ventilated49342524132
All Nuisances4,6223,0523,0242,44013,138