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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 1915
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1915]
TABLE XLV.—
| 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 | 68 | 61 | 67 | 53 | 249 |
| 35. The dustbin or ashpit defective | 223 | 282 | 230 | 205 | 940 |
| 86. ,, „ placed in an improper position | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| 37 The drain foul | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 8 |
| 38. „ defective | 76 | 49 | 76 | 49 | 250 |
| 39 ,, choked or stopped | 63 | 52 | 61 | 39 | 215 |
| 40 „ unventilated | 13 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 41 |
| 41. The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain | 15 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 36 |
| 42 „ „ in direct communication with the soil-pipe .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| 43. „ „ defective | 37 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 131 |
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 43 |
| 45a. No water supply to upper storeys | 31 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 93 |
| 46 The roof defective | 170 | 111 | 116 | 138 | 535 |
| 47. The guttering defective | 42 | 37 | 24 | 38 | 141 |
| 48 The area improperly paved .. | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| 49. „ dirty | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
| 50. „ undrained | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| 51. The paving of the washhouse defective | 12 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 32 |
| 52. The back addition walls defective | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| 53. The want of a proper manure receptacle | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 54. The bakehouse walls dirty | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| 55 An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 19 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 52 |
| 56. The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 21 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 76 |
| 57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 35 |
| 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 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 14 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 59 |
| All Nuisances | 1,836 | 1,774 | 1,491 | 1,539 | 6,640 |
Smoke Nuisances.—Black smoke was observed to be issuing from the
chimneys of the undermentioned premises, and consequently notices were served
on the owners of the following businesses requiring the abatement of the
nuisance:—
The Clissold Laundry, Drayton Park.
The Mayfield Laundry, 93, Gillespie Road.
Messrs. Taylor's Laundry, Fonthill Road.
Messrs. Plaistowe's Works, Wharfdale Road.