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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 1906
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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231
[1906
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
Table
| Inspector Bridel. | Inspector Hancock. | Totals. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | ||
| Lodging Houses on the Register | 354 | 354 | 354 | 354 | 354 | 537 | 537 | 537 | 537 | 537 | 891 |
| Number of Houses inspected | 231 | 186 | 209 | 200 | 826 | 376 | 252 | 206 | 210 | 1,044 | 1.870 |
| Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 1,246 | 1,327 | 1,081 | 1,307 | 4,961 | 1,247 | 1,484 | 1,280 | 1,343 | 5,354 | 10,315 |
| Total inspections, etc. | 1,477 | 1,513 | 1,290 | 1,507 | 5,787 | 1,623 | 1,736 | 1.486 | 1,553 | 6,398 | 12,185 |
| Nuisances Abated. | |||||||||||
| Drains— | |||||||||||
| Constructed | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | .. | 6 | 5 | 15 | 27 |
| Improved or repaired | 9 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 76 |
| Traps fixed | 10 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 58 |
| Cesspools— | |||||||||||
| Abolished . | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Cleansed or disinfected | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Water Closets— | |||||||||||
| Pan, trap and water supply furnished | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 7 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 12 |
| Pan and trap only furnished | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 25 | 49 |
| Water supply furnished | 9 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 49 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 80 | 129 |
| Extra closets provided | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 10 |
| Dust Bins- | |||||||||||
| Provided | 9 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 39 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 60 | 99 |
| Repaired | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 |
| Surface Drains and Pavement of Yards— | |||||||||||
| Constructed | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 10 |
| Relaid or amended | 8 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 5 | 9 | .. | 2 | 16 | 50 |
| Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||
| New cisterns provided | . . | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 10 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 41 | 81 | |
| Water supply provided | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Other Improvements— | 58 | 81 | |||||||||
| Houses generally repaired | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 5 | ||
| etc., cleansed or limewashed .. | 25 | 88 | 26 | 13 | 152 | 16 | 119 | 77 | 20 | 232 | 384 |
| „ ventilated | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Overcrowding abated | 2 | i | 7 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 7 | ii | 32 | 45 |
| Illegal use of underground rooms for | |||||||||||
| sleeping discontinued | l | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Other Amendments and Nuisances abated | 114 | 118 | 133 | 150 | 515 | 129 | 139 | 135 | 152 | 555 | 1,070 |
| Rooms Disinfected | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Total Nuisances Abated | 220 | 319 | 249 | 234 | 1,022 | 249 | 353 | 334 | 253 | 1,189 | 2,211 |
| No. of Premises affected | 115 | 172 | 121 | 123 | 531 | 135 | 233 | 218 | 163 | 749 | 1,280 |