Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1909
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS, Table CXXV.
Inspector Ward. | Inspector Hancock. | Totals. | ||||||||||
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1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 8rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | |||
Number of Houses inspected | 132 | 101 | 112 | 119 | 464 | 270 | 335 | 187 | 251 | 1,043 | 1,507 | |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc | 932 | 1,015 | 883 | 819 | 3,649 | 1,520 | 1,161 | 1,319 | 1,399 | 5,399 | 9,048 | |
Total inspections and calls | 1,064 | 1,116 | 995 | 938 | 4,113 | 1,790 | 1,496 | 1,506 | 1,650 | 6,442 | 10,555 | |
Notices Served. | ||||||||||||
Intimation | (Personally | 45 | 39 | 38 | 21 | 143 | 178 | 99 | 70 | 71 | 418 | 561 |
| By Post | .. | 221 | 33 | 62 | 416 | 4 | 44 | 91 | 69 | 208 | 624 | |
Statutory | (Personally | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 48 | 48 |
{ By Post | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 60 | |
Improvements. | ||||||||||||
Drains— Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Re-constructed | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Repaired | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Ventilated | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Gully and other Traps fixed | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 82 | 86 | |
Urinals— Water supplied—cleansed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Cesspools— Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Water Closets— W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Pan and trap only provided | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 25 | |
Water supply provided | 23 | 32 | 46 | 31 | 132 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 28 | 82 | 214 | |
Ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Position altered | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Dust Bins— Provided | 15 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 59 | 99 | |
Repaired | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Areas— Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Y ards— Paved | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
Re paved | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 5 | 20 | |
Sinks— Provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Domestic Water Supply— Cisterns provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 24 | .. | 15 | 9 | 36 | 60 | ||
Water supply provided to dwelling house | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Water supply provided for tenement house | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 60 | 23 | 7 | 25 | 115 | 124 | |
Other Improvements— Rooms cleansed or limewashed | 13 | 139 | 230 | 39 | 421 | 6 | 164 | 57 | 19 | 246 | 667 | |
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and whitewashed | 4 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 59 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 59 | |
Floor space ventilated | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 9 | |
Floors repaired | 1 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 46 | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 56 | |
Roofs repaired | 7 | 25 | 20 | 63 | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 12 | 75 | ||
Overcrowding abated | .. | 5 | 13 | 12 | 30 | .. | 14 | 15 | 20 | 49 | 79 | |
Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
Other Improvements or Nuisances abated | 87 | 113 | 130 | 113 | 443 | 185 | 125 | 221 | 157 | 1,131 | ||
Rooms Disinfected | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | 8 | |
Total Improvements | 174 | 347 | 530 | 274 | 1,325 | 343 | 397 | 371 | 317 | 1,428 | 2,753 | |
Total Premises Improved | 84 | 137 | 128 | 125 | 474 | 192 | 296 | 215 | 156 | 859 | 1,333 |