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Islington 1919

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

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Showingsummary ofSanitary WorkfromInspectors' Reportsfor the year1919.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
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House to House Inspections..........34......14..422050160
Other premises inspected3403773005443544783514913232064294644754435578
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c.•2698263233002419386628442641357518641268226128302785363938622
Ice Cream Factories inspected....844....12..521056698
Dairies and Milkshops do.76231861441514357930717322213693
Stables do.361927663414526117..1315309
Yards do.9511031711134241928225..2268371192
Manure Dep6ts do.58....171••............6..82
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected11237240251......1525149
Urinals attached to P.H.'sinspected4394102181508913..54821021559
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected................9....1..3..13
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected..............................
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.121109109521095499921......116117979
Smoke observations..2320..1..111....104..52
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening)345253651..324447
Total Inspections and Calls ..3481337243603474457038123329426722731513272934166602434048533
Notices Served.
Intimation—Personally1266889912431529043584941149857
By Post..17946198..196168..2..117791531039
Statutory — Personally76..28..64421231661
By Post17276321937111137111929202
Improvements.
Drains—
Constructed..............................
Re-constructed7724214631119149
Repaired17119169101199919161922186
Ventilated89382..25112210154
Gully and other traps fixed6532232811623321171133512299
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed....24....2......112113
Cesspools—Abolished..............................
Water Closet—
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply2..........................2
Pan and trap only provided2022132781182294562516198
Water supply provided133911363012212427738353255380
Ventilated..111........1......2..6
Position altered1 ..1......................2
Dust Bins—Provided4838439447243874633963502086727
Repaired........21......17. ...415
Areas—Constructed..............2............2
Yards—Paved....12......2..........16
Repaved20158191061588418191422186
Sinks—Provided4612..15..32....4131
Domestic Water Supply—
Cisterns provided................1..........1
Cisterns repaired and cleansed ..816132571110612387522153
Water supply provided to dwelling house81041011..773..5951190
Water supply provided to tenement house21..1......1114..11..22
Other improvements—
Rooms cleaned and limewashed52536515491122713219861218364962591836
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed2215125117171615441466753797498
Floor space ventilated1115....1122....2117
Floors repaired68724769591115211719164
Roofs repaired5247377854314144541566665075710
Overcrowding abated........1....1......11711
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued....................2....13
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated607839121603561599037127111842191184
Rooms Disinfected1201051251591534110916520258091561581425
Total Improvements53651442186952232546752057924775479962610918270
Total Premises Improved ..2732692554222901172553672071303352222864333861