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Islington 1909

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

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1909]

Table CXXVI. Showing summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' reports fo/the Year 1909.

districts.Totals.
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House to House Inspections5921232577110769062155382353783
Other premises inspected3703992941712614353883343984533775193093855093
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc.4053398333261522341830574545427634303825427642863617486752481
Ice Cream Factories inspected10610123..11381813127234167
Dairies and Milkshops „171981726613679237192190903721651031602231
Stables ,,125324t.12187200911115108011210701100
Yards ,,539438523112716616630146117448845731765
Manure Depots ,,891..7..............1....98
Vacant land, Passages and Court inspected2.14013..3252227302128167
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspectei11537711817050315616170184726309i)9
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected......27..22107......3322103
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected....1....18......661....32
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts-9............99......9..36
Smoke observations47417857382335861156..8480
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturdaj evening)252822726252529232723241725326
Total Inspections and calls4981472344002228442041335674505543504858562053384396568565861
Notices Served...............................
Intimation—Personally194107109113108762301341591692462051322602242
By Post43971313491171..81022114415
Statutory—Personally141......81046101951381
By Post22841ii21411105936641629287
Improvements...............................
Drains-..............................
Constructed1..3....54345311..544
Re-constructed445134i444247669353826453944583
Repaired408321219211410344134253033353
Ventilated434720641226b46272917553031477
Gully and other traps fixed2832871014427093442345166184952202192843033
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed....324..266223210666
Cesspools—Abolished..................5........5
Water Closets—..............................
W.c. erected with pan, trap and water supply1261231262523165885
Pan and trap only provided76100622375331171089272674885691027
Water supply provided22631817441018215b5362443568533
Ventilated4244..10227412846
Position altered12211121123....118
Dust Bins—Provided11139634244121268542661047663125998
Repaired42....7..2..424....631
Areas—constructed..1......121..1242216
Yards—Paved7..268..14211224191512269193
Re paved767436276625140714634607810010a938
Sinks—provided8172376911582613741951304
Domestic Water Supply—..............................
Cisterns provided22............11..21312
Cisterns repaired and cleansed ..28301692781310254055351546357
Water Supply provided to dwelling house311113510311713362316926214
Water supply provided for tenement house201152842..434050922857362
Other Improvements-..............................
Rooms cleanstd and limewashed434410428757110620303741612291052371600
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and whitewashed .7124798116441964593467351
Floor space ventilated..85131452253172557120
Floors repaired1461158101810161727592437264
Roofs repaired23191871583122133275402648377
Overcrowding abated....22..3613136195969
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued....................911112
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated10710(1722945697974113158237183932551614
Rooms Disinfected25524013251208791451201691721762781061502281
Total Improvements1262118478935110335571468109513521193143517491117179816383
Total Premises Improved5144073661713291984823325085196215783795395943