Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1915
Table XLVI.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 28 | .. | 38 | 3 | .. | 2 | 11 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 12 | 4 | 105 |
Other premises inspected | 579 | 518 | 313 | 641 | 227 | 407 | 556 | 404 | 598 | 539 | 468 | 270 | 509 | 531 | 6560 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 3205 | 3434 | 3790 | 3685 | 2876 | 1031 | 3478 | 4243 | 3077 | 3533 | 3332 | 1375 | 3779 | 4697 | 47535 |
Ice Cream Factories inspected | 7 | 2 | 22 | 36 | 4 | .. | 21 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | .. | .. | 9 | 122 |
Dairies and Milkshops ,, | 185 | 59 | 144 | 225 | 84 | 16 | 91 | 142 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 50 | 54 | 66 | 1199 |
Stables „ | 78 | 13 | 15 | 115 | 125 | 28 | 53 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 546 |
Yards „ | 145 | 98 | 350 | 243 | 50 | 212 | 204 | 16 | 21 | 120 | 15 | 11 | 160 | 66 | 1711 |
Manure Depots „ | 77 | 2 | 2 | 59 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 141 |
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 33 | 4 | .. | 20 | 4 | 58 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 286 |
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | 84 | 61 | 65 | 65 | 176 | 89 | 75 | 16 | 1 | 103 | 10 | 6 | .. | 17 | 768 |
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
Visits Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Smoke observations | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | .. | 11 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 90 |
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 15 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 180 |
Total Inspections and calls | 4441 | 4215 | 4752 | 5123 | 3556 | 3868 | 4563 | 4872 | 3781 | 4443 | 3873 | 1721 | 4590 | 5459 | 59257 |
Notices Served. Intimation—Personally | 152 | 8 | 14 | 177 | 60 | 9 | 126 | 21 | 113 | 89 | 73 | 53 | 91 | 211 | 1194 |
By Post | 7 | 139 | 72 | 159 | 29 | 48 | 164 | 206 | 45 | 208 | 159 | 94 | 76 | 183 | 1588 |
Statutory—Personally | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 58 |
By Post | 5 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 24 | 61 | 250 |
Improvements. | |||||||||||||||
Drains— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | |
Re-constructed | 11 | 36 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 217 |
Repaired | 22 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 21 | 29 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 214 |
Ventilated | 8 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 12 | 166 |
Gully and other traps fixed | 61 | 203 | 32 | 65 | 109 | 32 | 142 | 78 | 34 | 103 | 14 | 26 | 144 | 86 | 1129 |
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 24 |
Cesspools—Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Water Closets— | |||||||||||||||
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 1 | 6 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 23 |
Pan and trap only provided | 18 | 67 | 11 | 38 | 30 | 13 | 29 | 39 | 13 | 32 | 12 | 58 | 28 | 396 | |
Water supply provided | 18 | 28 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 47 | 19 | 30 | 56 | 301 | |
Ventilated | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
Position altered | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 |
Dust Bins—Provided | 74 | 78 | 40 | 125 | 77 | 10 | 118 | 112 | 87 | 86 | 42 | 43 | 50 | 84 | 1026 |
Repaired | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 5 | 31 |
Areas—constructed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 |
Yards—Paved | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 | .. | 9 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 16 | .. | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80 |
Re-paved | 39 | 58 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 47 | 15 | 26 | 39 | 24 | 17 | 42 | 67 | 451 |
Sinks—provided | 3 | 11 | .. | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 98 |
Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||||||
Cisterns provided | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 10 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 212 |
Water Supply provided to dwelling house | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 42 |
Water supply provided to tenement house | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 94 |
Other Improvements— | |||||||||||||||
Rooms cleansed and limewashed | 68 | 58 | 72 | 178 | 92 | 44 | 157 | 90 | 99 | 92 | 184 | 121 | 131 | 408 | 1794 |
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed | 19 | 28 | 12 | 70 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 57 | 101 | 452 |
Floor space ventilated | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 84 | |
Floors repaired | 7 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 27 | 22 | 192 |
Roofs repaired | 52 | 37 | 30 | 73 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 38 | 40 | 44 | 74 | 29 | 40 | 67 | 604 |
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 42 |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 16 | 17 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 103 | 109 | 60 | 161 | 78 | 54 | 98 | 63 | 75 | 223 | 96 | 57 | 148 | 259 | 1584 |
Rooms Disinfected | 235 | 207 | 206 | 243 | 148 | 96 | 118 | 140 | 126 | 317 | 117 | 32 | 252 | 168 | 2405 |
Total Improvements | 766 | 1025 | 579 | 1140 | 690 | 347 | 951 | 681 | 613 | 1182 | 716 | 410 | 1116 | 1516 | 11732 |
Total Premises Improved | 453 | 424 | 313 | 627 | 269 | 127 | 405 | 350 | 371 | 557 | 367 | 165 | 433 | 481 | 5342 |