Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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TABLE CXX1V.—
| QUARTERS. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUISANCES. | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |
| 34. | An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit | 31 | 35 | 39 | 19 | 124 |
| 35. | The dustbin or ashpit defective | 147 | 161 | 156 | 149 | 613 |
| 36. | „ „ placed in an improper position The drain foul | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 37. | 16 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 51 | |
| 38. | defective | 342 | 302 | 229 | 231 | 1.104 |
| 39. | ,, choked or stopped | 55 | 59 | 51 | 52 | 217 |
| 40. | „ unventilated | 110 | 92 | 75 | 62 | 339 |
| 41. | The rain.water pipe in direct communication with the drain | 110 | 90 | 38 | 64 | 302 |
| 42 | in direct communication with the soil.pipe.. | 10 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| 43. | i, „ defective | 60 | 55 | 35 | 49 | 199 |
| 44. | The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 45. | The house without a proper water supply | 24 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 83 |
| 46. | The roof defective | 81 | 52 | 103 | 142 | 378 |
| 47. | The guttering defective | 45 | 26 | 50 | 55 | 176 |
| 48. | The area improperly paved .. | 11 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 42 |
| 49. | „ dirty | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| 50. | „ undrained The paving of the washhouse defective | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 51. | 41 | 44 | 47 | 33 | 165 | |
| 52. | The back addition walls defective | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 53. | The want of a proper manure receptacle | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 54. | The bakehouse walls dirty | .. | ||||
| 55. | An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 16 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 7i |
| 56. | The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 30 | 24 | 42 | 31 | 127 |
| 57. | An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 59. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated | 18 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 49 |
| 60. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 33 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 99 |
| All Nuisances | 3,255 | 3,157 | 3,055 | 2.710 | 12,177 | |
289 [1906