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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 1909
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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The following table, giving the figures for the year, as well as those of 1908, has been prepared as in the preceding year. It shows the changes which have occurred in the registers in that time.
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1908. | 1909. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshops on Register. | Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | Total number of Workshops on Register. | Total Number of Workrooms on Register. | |
| 533 | 832 | 804 | ||||
| 821 | 210 | |||||
| 132 | 20 | 24 | ||||
| 255 | 265 | 2 | 253 | 263 | ||
| 685 | 68 | 15 | ||||
| 1,831 | – | |||||
Sanitation.—The sanitary defects discovered numbered 1,750, of which
425 referred to want of cleanliness, 29 to insufficient ventilation, 9 to overcrowding,
99 to insufficient surface drainage or want of it, and 474 to other nuisances.
Dustbins were wanting in 37 cases; in 34 the W.C. accommodation was not
sufficient; in 418 it was foul; in 185 it was unsuitable or defective; and in 40
separate accommodation had not been provided for the sexes.
At the close of the year 1,595 of these defects had been remedied. There
were also 119 defects discovered in homeworkers' premises.
In the subsequent table is shown the number of nuisances dealt with
since 1890, where it is seen that 14,673 nuisances have been abated. These
figures, however, by no means represent the volume of work that has been
accomplished, for thousands of minor nuisances are not covered by the list.