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Islington 1920

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

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[1920

Showing summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' Reports for the year1920.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
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House to House Inspections59122116843541610025316..4377
Other premises inspected5396624928824444985655827129286547646207139055
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c.3095301833703389328631263344433637103597306741363229411348816
Ice Cream Factories inspected....326..7......413....44
Dairies and Milkshops do.9918971201629202527361536336577
Stables do.3282459302125634262486280
Yards do.11875225147121273..31727209738
Manure Depôts do.71....48................1••120
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected193151418112....34493
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected4063107331221612..161871..3438
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected....1..2247............16
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected..1..........2............3
Visitsre Sale of Food and Drugs Act123121138120121..118106..1....1211221091
Smoke observations••4..651024••55..5....64
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening)2545533514435453
Total Inspections and Calls4197398544834856405237714260508646374653375549754041501461765
Notices Served.
Intimation—Personally20715219996100168951082548495542361713
By Post..38726421....230308267....1391461690
Statutory—Personally12231247109121822619136
By Post29394266735348137201315256
Improvements.
Drains–
Constructed21..211..............18
Re-constructed3148101256945..32110110
Repaired1610931591314233723331520258
Ventilated21659102412314181194
Gully and other traps fixed147337367118412611916228432490
Urinals— Water supplied, cleansed..145..23..82311131
Cesspools— Abolished..............................
Water Closet—
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply2..1..11..11......4617
Pan and trap only provided1132933271817616173193030268
Water supply provided252282940372331562833443863477
Ventilated................1..321613
Position altered..12..................1..4
Dust Bins- Provided19321010622717518225521713823997192792752585
Repaired6111536..211531862
Areas—Constructed......1................1••2
Yards-Paved..139..4941....18545
Repaved1936143425644319441915673040469
Sinks—Provided34422114311118550
Domestic Water Supply—
Cisterns provided2................1........3
Cisterns repaired and cleansed201721361541397191221111121291
Water supply provided to dwelling house74..4853337112856
Water supply provided to tenement house31212221312..143266
Other improvements—
Rooms cleaned and limewashed1041311242911835734982155171944335742904284555
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed3237299929126546413374118148911531187
Floor space ventilated34314514131457156
Floors repaired152415425761423331940474125419
Roofs repaired75109521336216312598185659211885941456
Overcrowding abated• •....1..11. .. .....1....4
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued....................1....23
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated1211044017168160116782221321741511472231907
Rooms Disinfected1461581662841585542131433022371771941625
Total Improvements82410116631505915155013198351618898110615091194166416611
Total Premises Improved5035203487834364984713906854973974844546017067