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Islington 1915

Sixtieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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[1915

Table XLVI.

Showing summary ofSanitary WorkfromInspectors' reportsfor the Year1915.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
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House to House Inspections28..383..211....7....124105
Other premises inspected5795183136412274075564045985394682705095316560
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc.3205343437903685287610313478424330773533333213753779469747535
Ice Cream Factories inspected7222364..216564....9122
Dairies and Milkshops ,,185591442258416911423027265054661199
Stables „7813151151252853181623112238546
Yards „145983502435021220416211201511160661711
Manure Depots „772259....1..............141
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected334..204583110269113914286
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected846165651768975161103106..17768
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected......2..................13
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected..11........................11
Visits Sale of Food and Drugs Acts..............................
Smoke observations52115..113111534..1190
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening)151112141014111616131271415180
Total Inspections and calls4441421547525123355638684563487237814443387317214590545959257
Notices Served. Intimation—Personally15281417760912621113897353912111194
By Post71397215929481642064520815994761831588
Statutory—Personally11118..11..841312758
By Post51082689710273015102461250
Improvements.
Drains—
Constructed2..1..2..1..12..2..11
Re-constructed113616141991612525243216217
Repaired221492157151221291751819214
Ventilated8324101891111512342712166
Gully and other traps fixed6120332651093214278341031426144861129
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed1133322..11......724
Cesspools—Abolished..............................
Water Closets—
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply162..21..112....5223
Pan and trap only provided186711383013293913321285828396
Water supply provided1828162014215132047193056301
Ventilated1..21121..27..11524
Position altered....7....................18
Dust Bins—Provided74784012577101181128786424350841026
Repaired..1416..41324....531
Areas—constructed......1....1....2..11..6
Yards—Paved22141..9156516..54180
Re-paved39589313164715263924174267451
Sinks—provided311..5936541382151498
Domestic Water Supply—
Cisterns provided1....2....11............5
Cisterns repaired and cleansed10221520893643162541129212
Water Supply provided to dwelling house16571..1245212542
Water supply provided to tenement house7629134391212431994
Other Improvements—
Rooms cleansed and limewashed68587217892441579099921841211314081794
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed1928127013919201932391457101452
Floor space ventilated272112242145591084
Floors repaired784278818971814152722192
Roofs repaired5237307315174838404474294067604
Overcrowding abated....13....4421387942
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued......................1..1617
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated10310960161785498637522396571482591584
Rooms Disinfected23520720624314896118140126317117322521682405
Total Improvements7661025579114069034795168161311827164101116151611732
Total Premises Improved4534243136272691274053503715573671654334815342