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]
Table CXXVI.
districts. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 59 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 71 | 107 | 69 | 0 | 62 | 155 | 38 | 23 | 53 | 783 |
Other premises inspected | 370 | 399 | 294 | 171 | 261 | 435 | 388 | 334 | 398 | 453 | 377 | 519 | 309 | 385 | 5093 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 4053 | 3983 | 3326 | 1522 | 3418 | 3057 | 4545 | 4276 | 3430 | 3825 | 4276 | 4286 | 3617 | 4867 | 52481 |
Ice Cream Factories inspected | 10 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 3 | .. | 11 | 38 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 167 |
Dairies and Milkshops „ | 171 | 98 | 172 | 66 | 136 | 79 | 237 | 192 | 190 | 90 | 372 | 165 | 103 | 160 | 2231 |
Stables ,, | 125 | 32 | 4t. | 12 | 187 | 200 | 91 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 80 | 11 | 210 | 70 | 1100 |
Yards ,, | 53 | 94 | 385 | 231 | 127 | 166 | 166 | 30 | 146 | 117 | 44 | 88 | 45 | 73 | 1765 |
Manure Depots ,, | 89 | 1 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 98 |
Vacant land, Passages and Court inspected | 2 | .1 | 40 | 13 | .. | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 30 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 167 |
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspectei | 11 | 53 | 77 | 118 | 170 | 50 | 31 | 56 | 16 | 170 | 184 | 7 | 26 | 30 | 9i)9 |
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected | .. | .. | .. | 27 | .. | 22 | 10 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 33 | 2 | 2 | 103 |
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 32 |
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts- | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 36 |
Smoke observations | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 85 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 33 | 58 | 61 | 156 | .. | 8 | 480 |
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturdaj evening) | 25 | 28 | 22 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 25 | 326 |
Total Inspections and calls | 4981 | 4723 | 4400 | 2228 | 4420 | 4133 | 5674 | 5055 | 4350 | 4858 | 5620 | 5338 | 4396 | 5685 | 65861 |
Notices Served. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Intimation—Personally | 194 | 107 | 109 | 113 | 108 | 76 | 230 | 134 | 159 | 169 | 246 | 205 | 132 | 260 | 2242 |
By Post | 4 | 39 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 91 | 17 | 1 | .. | 8 | 102 | 2 | 114 | 415 |
Statutory—Personally | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 81 |
By Post | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | ii | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 59 | 36 | 64 | 16 | 29 | 287 |
Improvements. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Drains- | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Constructed | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | .. | 5 | 44 |
Re-constructed | 44 | 51 | 34 | i4 | 44 | 24 | 76 | 69 | 35 | 38 | 26 | 45 | 39 | 44 | 583 |
Repaired | 40 | 8 | 32 | 12 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 34 | 25 | 30 | 33 | 353 |
Ventilated | 43 | 47 | 20 | 6 | 41 | 22 | 6b | 46 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 55 | 30 | 31 | 477 |
Gully and other traps fixed | 283 | 287 | 101 | 44 | 270 | 93 | 442 | 345 | 166 | 184 | 95 | 220 | 219 | 284 | 3033 |
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 66 |
Cesspools—Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Water Closets— | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
W.c. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 85 |
Pan and trap only provided | 76 | 100 | 62 | 23 | 75 | 33 | 117 | 108 | 92 | 72 | 67 | 48 | 85 | 69 | 1027 |
Water supply provided | 22 | 63 | 18 | 17 | 44 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 5b | 53 | 62 | 44 | 35 | 68 | 533 |
Ventilated | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 46 | |
Position altered | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 18 |
Dust Bins—Provided | 111 | 39 | 63 | 42 | 44 | 12 | 126 | 85 | 42 | 66 | 104 | 76 | 63 | 125 | 998 |
Repaired | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 6 | 31 |
Areas—constructed | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
Yards—Paved | 7 | .. | 26 | 8 | .. | 14 | 21 | 12 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 193 |
Re paved | 76 | 74 | 36 | 27 | 66 | 25 | 140 | 71 | 46 | 34 | 60 | 78 | 100 | 10a | 938 |
Sinks—provided | 8 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 58 | 26 | 13 | 74 | 19 | 51 | 304 |
Domestic Water Supply— | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cisterns provided | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed .. | 28 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 25 | 40 | 55 | 35 | 15 | 46 | 357 |
Water Supply provided to dwelling house | 31 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 36 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 214 |
Water supply provided for tenement house | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .. | 43 | 40 | 50 | 92 | 28 | 57 | 362 |
Other Improvements- | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rooms cleanstd and limewashed | 43 | 44 | 104 | 28 | 75 | 71 | 106 | 20 | 303 | 74 | 161 | 229 | 105 | 237 | 1600 |
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and whitewashed . | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 44 | 19 | 64 | 59 | 34 | 67 | 351 |
Floor space ventilated | .. | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 120 |
Floors repaired | 14 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 59 | 24 | 37 | 264 |
Roofs repaired | 23 | 19 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 32 | 75 | 40 | 26 | 48 | 377 |
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 69 |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 107 | 10(1 | 72 | 29 | 45 | 69 | 79 | 74 | 113 | 158 | 237 | 183 | 93 | 255 | 1614 |
Rooms Disinfected | 255 | 240 | 132 | 51 | 208 | 79 | 145 | 120 | 169 | 172 | 176 | 278 | 106 | 150 | 2281 |
Total Improvements | 1262 | 1184 | 789 | 351 | 1033 | 557 | 1468 | 1095 | 1352 | 1193 | 1435 | 1749 | 1117 | 1798 | 16383 |
Total Premises Improved | 514 | 407 | 366 | 171 | 329 | 198 | 482 | 332 | 508 | 519 | 621 | 578 | 379 | 539 | 5943 |