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Islington 1906

Fifty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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TABLE CXX1V.— continued.

QUARTERS.
NUISANCES.1st Quarter2nd 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 ashpit31353919124
35.The dustbin or ashpit defective147161156149613
36.„ „ placed in an improper position The drain foul272213
37.161391351
38.defective3423022292311.104
39.,, choked or stopped55595152217
40.„ unventilated110927562339
41.The rain.water pipe in direct communication with the drain110903864302
42in direct communication with the soil.pipe..1061623
43.i, „ defective60553549199
44.The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C.2136
45.The house without a proper water supply2421241483
46.The roof defective8152103142378
47.The guttering defective45265055176
48.The area improperly paved ..11157942
49.„ dirty734115
50.„ undrained The paving of the washhouse defective114410
51.41444733165
52.The back addition walls defective2125
53.The want of a proper manure receptacle22127
54.The bakehouse walls dirty..
55.An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance161215287i
56.The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates30244231127
57.An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act227617
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 inmates11
59.The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated181112849
60.The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated3328172199
All Nuisances3,2553,1573,0552.71012,177

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