Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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63 [1916
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | .. | .. | 18 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | ||
Other premise inspected | 527 | 533 | 488 | 41 | 324 | 333 | 536 | 378 | 471 | 244 | 500 | 486 | 4861 | ||
Re inspections, Calls made, etc. | 3346 | 3529 | 4211 | 152 | 2962 | 3209 | 3429 | 4140 | 4176 | 1490 | 3504 | 4342 | 38490 | ||
Ice Cream Factories inspected | 1 | 2 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 33 | |||
Dairies and Milkshops ,, | 297 | 95 | 152 | 13 | 101 | 28 | 77 | 192 | 69 | 11 | 45 | 37 | 1117 | ||
Stables „ | 108 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 129 | 41 | 77 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 67 | 35 | 519 | ||
Yards ,, | 245 | 143 | 401 | 17 | 45 | 222 | 268 | 49 | 7 | 42 | 135 | 82 | 1656 | ||
Manure Depots | 91 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 106 | ||
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 44 | 3 | 6 | .. | 16 | 77 | 45 | 1 | .. | 17 | 54 | 15 | 278 | ||
Urinals attached to P.H .'s inspected | 117 | 103 | 106 | 2 | 164 | 103 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 685 | ||
Premises (re Certificate Customs and | |||||||||||||||
Inland Revenue Acts) inspected | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspec ed | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Smoke observations | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 32 | 2 | 11 | .. | 6 | .. | 55 | ||
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 19 | 17 | 16 | .. | 13 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 7 | The Inspections which were made and the improvements effected are included in the returns of Districts 9 and 10. | 18 | 16 | 182 | |
Total Inspections and calls | 4797 | 4443 | 5441 | 237 | 3756 | 4043 | 4518 | 4805 | 4757 | 184 7 | 4331 | 5042 | 48017 | ||
Intimation - Personally | 164 | 10 | 36 | 12 | 92 | 5 | 113 | 62 | 146 | 66 | 43 | 154 | 903 | ||
By Post | .. | 196 | 84 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 136 | 102 | 7 | 62 | 125 | 148 | 874 | ||
Statutory—Personally | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 65 | ||
By Post | 12 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 24 | 28 | 172 | ||
Improvements | |||||||||||||||
Drains- | |||||||||||||||
Constructed. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 7 | ||
Re-constructed | 12 | 21 | 2 | .. | 2 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 116 | ||
Repaired | 22 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 18 | 142 | ||
Ventilated | 7 | 21 | 5 | .. | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 96 | ||
Gully and other traps fixed | 65 | 111 | 13 | .. | 11 | 39 | 68 | 59 | 32 | 57 | 64 | 35 | 554 | ||
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed | 4 | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | ||
Cesspools—Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Water Closets— | |||||||||||||||
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 20 | ||
Pan and trap only provided | 26 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 15 | 23 | 40 | 26 | 244 | ||
Water supply provided | 18 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 61 | 257 | ||
Ventilated | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | ||
Position altered | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
Dust Bins—Provided | 81 | 142 | 103 | 5 | 52 | 8 | 113 | 61 | 143 | 60 | 52 | 101 | 921 | ||
Repaired | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 20 | ||
Areas— constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Yards—Paved | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 10 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 46 | |||
Re paved | 40 | 32 | 13 | .. | 11 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 32 | 30 | 37 | 271 | ||
Sinks-provided | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 58 | |||
Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||||||
Cisterns provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 12 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 180 | ||
Water Supply provided to dwelling house | 4 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 39 | |||
Water supply provided to tenement house | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 26 | |||
Other Improvements— | |||||||||||||||
Rooms cleansed and limewashed | 93 | 86 | 147 | 6 | 51 | 32 | 108 | 43 | 156 | 43 | 129 | 247 | 1141 | ||
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed | 19 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 38 | 81 | 263 | ||
Floor space ventilated | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 47 | |||
Floors repaired | 12 | 9 | 5 | .. | 6 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 19 | 110 | ||
Roofs repaired | 67 | 43 | 53 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 60 | 29 | 58 | 36 | 63 | 85 | 521 | ||
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | 16 | ||
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 112 | 105 | 82 | 6 | 39 | 55 | 105 | 72 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 243 | 1110 | ||
Rooms Disinfected | 162 | 167 | 272 | 14 | 183 | 60 | 112 | 113 | 35 | 139 | 202 | 231 | 1690 | ||
Total Improvements | 769 | 899 | 786 | 44 | 435 | 307 | 793 | 496 | 648 | 598 | 880 | 1288 | 7943 | ||
Total Premises Improved . | 417 | 438 | 526 | 24 | 267 | 140 | 394 | 289 | 333 | 309 | 366 | 539 | 4042 |
Note.—The Inspectors of Districts Nos. 4, 11 and 12 are serving witn the Array.