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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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242
1909]

Table: Water Closets.

Water Closets.

Foul415
Without water supply202
With deficient water supply206
Improperly constructed309
Defective343
Stopped112
Improperly situated19
Insufficient external ventilation46
Insufficient in number90

Table: Soil Pipes.

Soil Pipes.

Defective109
Unventilated89
Improperly ventilated96

Table: Yards.

Yards.

Improperly paved440
Dirty84
Undrained20

Table: Drains.

Drains.

Foul34
Defective583
Choked or stopped248
Unventilated156

Table: Cesspools.

Cesspools.

Abolished5
Overcrowding.
Abated69
Underground Rooms.
Abolished for sleeping12
Other Nuisances3,895
Total Nuisances8,736

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Notices served for Smoke Nuisances during 1909.
The Jandas Arc Lamp & Electric Co., Ltd., Hartharn Works, Hart-
ham Road.
Mayfield Laundry Co., 93, Gillespie Road.
Highbury Brewery, Holloway Road.
Green's Factory, Dagmar Terrace.
King's Cross Laundry, 20 and 22, York Road.
18, New Wharf Road.
Great Northern Laundry, Fonthill Road.
5 and 6, Bovay Street.