Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1920
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 59 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 43 | 54 | 16 | 100 | 25 | 3 | 16 | .. | 4 | 377 |
Other premises inspected | 539 | 662 | 492 | 882 | 444 | 498 | 565 | 582 | 712 | 928 | 654 | 764 | 620 | 713 | 9055 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c. | 3095 | 3018 | 3370 | 3389 | 3286 | 3126 | 3344 | 4336 | 3710 | 3597 | 3067 | 4136 | 3229 | 4113 | 48816 |
Ice Cream Factories inspected | .. | .. | 3 | 26 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 44 |
Dairies and Milkshops do. | 99 | 18 | 97 | 120 | 16 | 29 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 15 | 36 | 3 | 36 | 577 |
Stables do. | 32 | 8 | 24 | 59 | 30 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 280 |
Yards do. | 118 | 75 | 225 | 147 | 12 | 12 | 73 | .. | 31 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 738 |
Manure Depôts do. | 71 | .. | .. | 48 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | 120 |
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 19 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 34 | 4 | 93 |
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | 40 | 63 | 107 | 33 | 122 | 16 | 12 | .. | 16 | 18 | 7 | 1 | .. | 3 | 438 |
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 |
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Visitsre Sale of Food and Drugs Act | 123 | 121 | 138 | 120 | 121 | .. | 118 | 106 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 121 | 122 | 1091 |
Smoke observations | •• | 4 | .. | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | •• | 5 | 5 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 64 |
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 53 |
Total Inspections and Calls | 4197 | 3985 | 4483 | 4856 | 4052 | 3771 | 4260 | 5086 | 4637 | 4653 | 3755 | 4975 | 4041 | 5014 | 61765 |
Notices Served. | |||||||||||||||
Intimation—Personally | 207 | 15 | 2 | 199 | 96 | 100 | 168 | 95 | 108 | 254 | 84 | 95 | 54 | 236 | 1713 |
By Post | .. | 387 | 26 | 421 | .. | .. | 230 | 308 | 26 | 7 | .. | .. | 139 | 146 | 1690 |
Statutory—Personally | 12 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 136 |
By Post | 29 | 39 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 256 |
Improvements. | |||||||||||||||
Drains– | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | ||
Re-constructed | 3 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 5 | .. | 3 | 21 | 10 | 110 |
Repaired | 16 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 23 | 33 | 15 | 20 | 258 |
Ventilated | 2 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 94 |
Gully and other traps fixed | 14 | 73 | 37 | 36 | 71 | 18 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 22 | 84 | 32 | 490 |
Urinals— Water supplied, cleansed | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
Cesspools— Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Water Closet— | |||||||||||||||
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 17 |
Pan and trap only provided | 11 | 32 | 9 | 33 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 30 | 30 | 268 |
Water supply provided | 25 | 22 | 8 | 29 | 40 | 37 | 23 | 31 | 56 | 28 | 33 | 44 | 38 | 63 | 477 |
Ventilated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
Position altered | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Dust Bins- Provided | 193 | 210 | 106 | 227 | 175 | 182 | 255 | 217 | 138 | 239 | 97 | 192 | 79 | 275 | 2585 |
Repaired | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | .. | 21 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 62 |
Areas—Constructed | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | •• | 2 |
Yards-Paved | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 | .. | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 5 | 45 |
Repaved | 19 | 36 | 14 | 34 | 25 | 64 | 43 | 19 | 44 | 19 | 15 | 67 | 30 | 40 | 469 |
Sinks—Provided | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 50 |
Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||||||
Cisterns provided | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 20 | 17 | 21 | 36 | 15 | 41 | 39 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 291 |
Water supply provided to dwelling house | 7 | 4 | .. | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 56 |
Water supply provided to tenement house | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 2 | .. | 14 | 3 | 2 | 66 |
Other improvements— | |||||||||||||||
Rooms cleaned and limewashed | 104 | 131 | 124 | 291 | 183 | 573 | 498 | 215 | 517 | 194 | 433 | 574 | 290 | 428 | 4555 |
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed | 32 | 37 | 29 | 99 | 29 | 126 | 54 | 64 | 133 | 74 | 118 | 148 | 91 | 153 | 1187 |
Floor space ventilated | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 56 |
Floors repaired | 15 | 24 | 15 | 42 | 5 | 76 | 14 | 23 | 33 | 19 | 40 | 47 | 41 | 25 | 419 |
Roofs repaired | 75 | 109 | 52 | 133 | 62 | 163 | 125 | 98 | 185 | 65 | 92 | 118 | 85 | 94 | 1456 |
Overcrowding abated | • • | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 121 | 104 | 40 | 171 | 68 | 160 | 116 | 78 | 222 | 132 | 174 | 151 | 147 | 223 | 1907 |
Rooms Disinfected | 146 | 158 | 166 | 284 | 158 | 55 | 42 | 13 | 143 | 30 | 22 | 37 | 177 | 194 | 1625 |
Total Improvements | 824 | 1011 | 663 | 1505 | 915 | 1550 | 1319 | 835 | 1618 | 898 | 1106 | 1509 | 1194 | 1664 | 16611 |
Total Premises Improved | 503 | 520 | 348 | 783 | 436 | 498 | 471 | 390 | 685 | 497 | 397 | 484 | 454 | 601 | 7067 |