Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 34 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | 42 | 20 | 50 | 160 |
Other premises inspected | 340 | 377 | 300 | 544 | 354 | 478 | 351 | 491 | 323 | 206 | 429 | 464 | 475 | 443 | 5578 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c. | •2698 | 2632 | 3300 | 2419 | 3866 | 2844 | 2641 | 3575 | 1864 | 1268 | 2261 | 2830 | 2785 | 3639 | 38622 |
Ice Cream Factories inspected | .. | .. | 8 | 44 | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 98 |
Dairies and Milkshops do. | 76 | 23 | 186 | 144 | 15 | 14 | 35 | 79 | 30 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 22 | 13 | 693 |
Stables do. | 36 | 19 | 27 | 66 | 34 | 14 | 52 | 6 | 11 | 7 | .. | 1 | 31 | 5 | 309 |
Yards do. | 95 | 110 | 317 | 111 | 34 | 241 | 92 | 8 | 22 | 5 | .. | 22 | 68 | 37 | 1192 |
Manure Dep6ts do. | 58 | .. | .. | 17 | 1 | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 82 |
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | 52 | 5 | 149 | ||
Urinals attached to P.H.'sinspected | 43 | 94 | 102 | 18 | 150 | 89 | 13 | .. | 8 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 559 | ||
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 13 | |
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. | 121 | 109 | 52 | 109 | 54 | 99 | 92 | .. | .. | .. | 116 | 117 | 979 | ||
Smoke observations | .. | 2 | 3 | 20 | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 52 | ||
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
Total Inspections and Calls .. | 3481 | 3372 | 4360 | 3474 | 3812 | 3329 | 4267 | 2273 | 1513 | 2729 | 3416 | 6602 | 4340 | 48533 | |
Intimation—Personally | 126 | 6 | 8 | 89 | 91 | 24 | 31 | 52 | 90 | 43 | 58 | 49 | 41 | 149 | |
By Post | .. | 179 | 46 | 198 | .. | 1 | 96 | 168 | .. | 2 | .. | 117 | 79 | 153 | 1039 |
Statutory — Personally | 7 | .. | 2 | 8 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | ||||||
By Post | 17 | 27 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 29 | |||||
Drains— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Re-constructed | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 49 | ||||||||
Repaired | 17 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 186 |
Ventilated | 8 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 54 | ||
Gully and other traps fixed | 65 | 32 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 35 | 12 | 299 |
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||
Cesspools—Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Water Closet— | |||||||||||||||
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Pan and trap only provided | 20 | 22 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 198 | |
Water supply provided | 13 | 39 | 11 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 38 | 35 | 32 | 55 | 380 | |
Ventilated | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | |||
Position altered | 1 .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Dust Bins—Provided | 48 | 38 | 43 | 94 | 38 | 74 | 63 | 39 | 63 | 20 | 86 | 727 | |||
Repaired | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 4 | 15 | |||
Areas—Constructed | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Yards—Paved | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
Repaved | 20 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 186 | |
Sinks—Provided | 2 | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 31 | ||||||
Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||||||
Cisterns provided | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Cisterns repaired and cleansed .. | 8 | 16 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 153 |
Water supply provided to dwelling house | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 11 | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 9 | 5 | 11 | 90 | ||
Water supply provided to tenement house | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | ||||||
Other improvements— | |||||||||||||||
Rooms cleaned and limewashed | 52 | 65 | 154 | 91 | 32 | 198 | 61 | 364 | 96 | 259 | 1836 | ||||
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed | 15 | 12 | 51 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 66 | 37 | 97 | |||||
Floor space ventilated | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 17 | ||||||
Floors repaired | 6 | 8 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 17 | 19 | ||||
Roofs repaired | 54 | 41 | |||||||||||||
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 11 | |||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 78 | 39 | 121 | 35 | 59 | 37 | 84 | 219 | 1184 | ||||||
Rooms Disinfected | 105 | 125 | 41 | 165 | 25 | 156 | 158 | 1425 | |||||||
Total Improvements | 421 | 869 | 467 | 520 | 799 | 626 | 1091 | ||||||||
Total Premises Improved .. | 130 | 335 | 222 | 286 | 433 | 3861 |