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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 1899
Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington
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1899
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
A very large amount of sanitary work has been effected in the
factories and workshops of Islington during the year by the two
Inspectors, Miss Gray and Mr. West. They have been fully
employed, and the result of their labours has been most gratifying.
It is also satisfactory to find that nearly all the irritation, never a
great deal, which the employers of labour had formerly felt at what
they called the "interference" of the inspectors has died away, so
that now their work is accomplished in a pleasant and friendly
manner.
A synopsis of the work performed may be found in the following statement.
| Workrooms— | |
| Inspected | 3,790 |
| Overcrowded | 14 |
| Badly ventilated | 5 |
| Workshops— | |
| Newly discovered | 234 |
| Reported to H.M. Inspector | 150 |
| Removed from Register | 106 |
| Workroom cards distributed | 289 |
| Notices to abate nuisances served | 281 |
| Works carried out— | |
| Ventilation provided | 92 |
| Rooms cleansed | 424 |
| Yards, floors, and roofs | 183 |
| W.C.'s reconstructed or provided | 107 |
| Urinals | 0 |
| W.C.'s supplied with water, etc. | 168 |
| Water Cisterns for general use provided | 1 |
| Ditto cleansed and repaired | 17 |
| Water laid on | 2 |
The above is no mean record of work, especially as it was all
executed without resort to legal proceedings.