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Islington 1916

Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington

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63 [1916

Showing summary ofSanitary WorkfromInspectors' reportsfor the Year1916.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
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House to House Inspections....184................22
Other premise inspected527533488413243335363784712445004864861
Re inspections, Calls made, etc.3346352942111522962320934294140417614903504434238490
Ice Cream Factories inspected1219......8..12..33
Dairies and Milkshops ,,29795152131012877192691145371117
Stables „10814225129417714256735519
Yards ,,245143401174522226849742135821656
Manure Depots91....3..12............106
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected4436..1677451..175415278
Urinals attached to P.H .'s inspected1171031062164103267126228685
Premises (re Certificate Customs and
Inland Revenue Acts) inspected....2..2....2..3....9
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspec ed..3..................14
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts..........................
Smoke observations21......132211..6..55
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening)191716..13172020197The Inspections which were made and the improvements effected are included in the returns of Districts 9 and 10.1816182
Total Inspections and calls47974443544123737564043451848054757184 74331504248017
Notices Served.
Intimation - Personally164103612925113621466643154903
By Post..19684941136102762125148874
Statutory—Personally856231..281161365
By Post12178215914611262428172
Improvements
Drains-
Constructed.1..........11112..7
Re-constructed12212..29912618223116
Repaired2288126101516102618142
Ventilated7215..2101045718696
Gully and other traps fixed6511113..1139685932576435554
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed417................113
Cesspools—Abolished..........................
Water Closets—
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply121....132323220
Pan and trap only provided2633131420241915234026244
Water supply provided1840812792887242661257
Ventilated....1....112..1..17
Position altered............1..11..14
Dust Bins—Provided811421035528113611436052101921
Repaired121..9..5..1....120
Areas— constructed....................1..1
Yards—Paved3121..9101684146
Re paved403213..118262220323037271
Sinks-provided3122....2113439958
Domestic Water Supply—
Cisterns provided............1..........1
Cisterns repaired and cleansed122315114153055111039180
Water Supply provided to dwelling house425....184231939
Water supply provided to tenement house..42..1..4..611726
Other Improvements—
Rooms cleansed and limewashed93861476513210843156431292471141
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed19302254622818103881263
Floor space ventilated442....2152299547
Floors repaired1295..6378972519110
Roofs repaired6743533159602958366385521
Overcrowding abated....2..2212215522
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..............1....11416
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated1121058263955105729597992431110
Rooms Disinfected1621672721418360112113351392022311690
Total Improvements7698997864443530779349664859888012887943
Total Premises Improved .417438526242671403942893333093665394042

Note.—The Inspectors of Districts Nos. 4, 11 and 12 are serving witn the Array.