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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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Table CXXIII.
| DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| House to House Inspections | 180 | 26 | 109 | 111 | 58 | 434 | 242 | 45 | 128 | 103 | 472 | 54 | 69 | 57 | 2088 |
| Other inspections of dwelling houses | 189 | 382 | 460 | 358 | 286 | 1140 | 215 | 324 | 307 | 831 | 749 | 737 | 476 | 592 | 7046 |
| Re.inspections, Calls made, etc | 4581 | 4285 | 2962 | 5288 | 4840 | 2747 | 5551 | 5452 | 4134 | 3907 | 5001 | 4066 | 4313 | 5536 | 62663 |
| Total Visits | 4950 | 4693 | 3531 | 5757 | 5184 | 4321 | 6008 | 5821 | 4569 | 4841 | 6222 | 4857 | 4858 | 6185 | 71797 |
| Visits to Ice Cream Factories | 32 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 8 | 66 | 20 | 25 | 31 | 82 | 34 | 24 | 39 | 11 | 458 |
| Dairies and Milkshops | 185 | 56 | 50 | 227 | 98 | 151 | 232 | 54 | 151 | 152 | 184 | 464 | 152 | 83 | 2239 |
| Stables and Yards | 61 | 80 | 1034 | 930 | 552 | 678 | 102 | 80 | 64 | 319 | 8 | 2054 | 297 | 258 | 6517 |
| Manure Depots | 36 | 9 | 59 | 29 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 141 | |
| ,, Workshops, with respect to drains | ... | 138 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 5 | ... | 9 | ... | 836 | ... | 14 | 1004 |
| Under Customs and Inland Revenue Acts | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 16 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 27 | 53 |
| 8 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 92 | ... | 16 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 130 | |
| Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | ... | 3 | 44 |
| ,, Registered Lodging Houses | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Smoke observations | 7 | 2 | 1 | 92 | 337 | 6 | 13 | 6 | ... | 174 | 9? | 53 | ... | ... | 783 |
| Dust Removals ordered | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| All Inspections, visits, etc. | 5282 | 4989 | 4706 | 7097 | 6182 | 5325 | 6398 | 6012 | 4824 | 5582 | 6548 | 8294 | 5346 | 6583 | 83168 |
| Notices Served. | |||||||||||||||
| Intimation | |||||||||||||||
| Personally | 269 | 209 | 144 | 352 | 163 | 219 | 31 0 | 174 | 994 | 940 | 496 | 302 | 915 | 418 | 3805 |
| By Post | 8 | 5 | ... | 11 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | ... | 19 | 131 |
| Statutory— | |||||||||||||||
| Personally | 3 | 7 | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 5 | ... | 3 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 82 |
| By Post | 3 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 37 | 1 | 33 | 230 |
| Improvements. | |||||||||||||||
| Drains— | |||||||||||||||
| Constructed | 87 | 89 | 66 | 57 | 59 | 121 | 125 | 83 | 69 | ... | 34 | 89 | 90 | 95 | 1043 |
| Improved or repaired | 25 | 37 | 21 | 31 | 20 | 22 | 71 | h | 30 | 43 | 77 | ... | 108 | 44 | 592 |
| Traps fixed | 456 | 365 | 360 | •261 | 205 | 370 | 753 | 380 | 384 | 257 | 128 | 427 | •218 | 360 | 4869 |
| Cesspools- | |||||||||||||||
| Abolished | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 5 | 2 | ... | 7 | ... | 2 | 23 |
| Cleansed or disinfected | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Water Closets. | |||||||||||||||
| Pan, trap and water supply furnished | 188 | 45 | 103 | 3 | 19 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 49 | 31 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 40 | 581 |
| Pan and trap only furnished | 9 | 100 | 49 | 104 | 57 | 48 | 195 | 108 | 75 | 93 | 69 | 196 | 5? | 133 | 1218 |
| Water supply furnished .. | 6 | 5 | 45 | 44 | 2? | 15 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 138 | 19 | 40 | 50 | 442 |
| Dust Bins— | |||||||||||||||
| Provided | 57 | 14 | 19 | 74 | 27 | 71 | 76 | 55 | 41 | 59 | 55 | 69 | 75 | 87 | 772 |
| Repaired | 1 | ... | 67 | '? | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | ... | 1 | 4 | 116 |
| Surface Drains and Pavements of Y ards— | |||||||||||||||
| Constructed | 1 | 13 | 2 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 111 | 61 | 12 | 37 | 67 | 104 | 11 | 16 | 513 |
| Relaid | 73 | 93 | 120 | 81 | 61 | 99 | 117 | 25 | 86 | 36 | 73 | 45 | 141 | 205 | 1255 |
| Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||||||
| New Cisterns provided | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 68 |
| Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 45 | 14 | 54 | 83 | 10 | 92 | 34 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 54 | 158 | 56 | 8 | 728 |
| Water Supply provided | 159 | 13 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 15 | 31 | 41 | 12 | 430 |
| Other Improvements— | |||||||||||||||
| Houses generally repaired | ... | 27 | 27 | 109 | 5 | 94 | 11 | 1 | 83 | 14 | 157 | 117 | ... | 36 | 696 |
| etc., cleansed or lime. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| washed | 21 | 26 | 113 | 123 | 9 | 152 | 22 | 2 | 84 | 36 | 168 | 172 | 69 | 105 | 1102 |
| ,, ventilated | ... | 1 | 4ft | 39 | ... | 8 | 4 | 38 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 40 | ... | 59 | 251 |
| Overcrowding abated | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 15 | ... | 1 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 91 |
| Illegal use of underground Rooms for Sleeping discontinued | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 4 | 9 | ... | 3 | 8 | 1 | ... | 37 |
| Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 305 | 453 | 207 | 523 | 189 | 1069 | 336 | 390 | 33 | 434 | 1959 | 1779 | 430 | 1045 | 8687 |
| Rooms Disinfected | 129 | 174 | 84 | 196 | 192 | 168 | 103 | 98 | 20 | 143 | 197 | 182 | 63 | 225 | 1974 |
| Total Improvements | 1565 | 1473 | 1418 | 1829 | 903 | 2431 | 1989 | 12221307 | 1356 | 2535 | 3490 | 1358 | 2612 | 25488 | |
| Total Premises Improved | 443 | 209 | 191 | 585 | 292 | 751 | 405 | 260 | 297 | 399 | 738 | 388 | 464 | 582 | 6004 |