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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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1909]
TABLE CXXVII.—continued.
| NUISANCES. | QUARTERS. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |
| 34. An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit | 50 | 88 | 82 | 68 | 288 |
| 35. The dustbin or ashpit defective | 143 | 263 | 188 | 155 | 749 |
| 36. ,, ,, placed in an improper position | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 37. The drain foul | 8 | 7 | 5 | 34 | |
| 38. ,, defective | 210 | 125 | 93 | 155 | 583 |
| 39 „ choked or stopped | 72 | 64 | 58 | 54 | 248 |
| 40. ,, unventilated | 51 | 44 | 29 | 32 | 156 |
| 41. The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain | 54 | 29 | 20 | 44 | 147 |
| 42 ,, ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 43. ,, ,, defective | 51 | 40 | 34 | 57 | 182 |
| 44. The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| 45. The house without a proper water supply | 89 | 118 | 101 | 119 | 427 |
| 46. The roof defective | 64 | 102 | 59 | 75 | 300 |
| 47. The guttering defective | 32 | 48 | 26 | 42 | 148 |
| 48. The area improperly paved | 7 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 28 |
| 49. ,, dirty | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 50. „ undrained | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 51. The paving of the washhouse defective | 24 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 81 |
| 52. The back addition walls defective | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 53. The want of a proper manure receptacle | 4 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 54. The bakehouse walls dirty | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 55. An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 13 | 11 | 19 | 57 | |
| 56. The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 29 | 47 | 22 | 27 | 125 |
| 57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 6 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 28 |
| 58. A tent, van, shed or similar structure used for human habitation which is in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| 59. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| 60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 28 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 84 |
| All Nuisances | 2,555 | 2,455 | 2,133 | 2,143 | 9,286 |