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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 1916
Sixty-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1916] 64
REMOVAL OF DUST.
Only 21 applications were received during the year for the removal of
dust, which is 7 below the number recorded last year.
The return is eminently satisfactory, showing as it does, that the inhabitants
of Islington are well served in the matter of dust collection.
The applications received for the past ten years were as follows:—
| 1906 | 58 | 1911 | 52 |
| 1907 | 55 | 1912 | 47 |
| 1908 | 64 | 1913 | 32 |
| 1909 | 67 | 1914 | 26 |
| 1910 | 44 | 1915 | 28 |
Dust Receptacles Provided.—During the year 921 dust receptacles
were provided, while 20 were repaired.
STATE OF PAUPERISM IN THE BOROUGH.
During the year the decrease in Pauperism was maintained, for the
number of paupers relieved weekly averaged only 6,251, as contrasted with
7,424 in 1915, 8,629 in 1914, and 9,399 in 1913.
| Quarters. | Average number Relieved during each week. | Borough Death rates. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children. | Outdoor Paupers. | Totals corresponding periods 1915 | Vagrants Relieved. | Children Boarded out. | ||||
| Adults. | Children | Totals. | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1st Qr. | 3,674 | 1,918 | 1,142 | 6,734 | 8,280 | No Wards. | 68 | 17.55 |
| 2nd „ | 3,498 | 1,770 | 1,021 | 6,289 | 7,556 | 73 | 15.57 | |
| 3rd ,, | 3,328 | 1,704 | 973 | 6,005 | 7,041 | 65 | 11.23 | |
| 4 th ,, | 3,334 | 1,712 | 929 | 5,975 | 6,816 | 51 | 17.08 | |
| TheYear | 3,459 | 1,776 | 1,016 | 6,251 | 7,424 | — | 64 | 15.35 |