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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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| description of work. | Quarter ending 1st April, 1899. | Quarter ending 1st July, 1899. | Quarter ending 30th Sept., 1899. | Quarter ending 30th Dec., 1899. | Year ending 30th Dec. 1899. | |||||||||||||||
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| Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total | Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | Dressmakers & Ladies' Tailors. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | |
| Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the Register | 380 | 208 | 448 | 1036 | 389 | 209 | 457 | 1055 | 400 | 209 | 463 | 1072 | 393 | 202 | 463 | 1058 | 393 | 202 | 463 | 1058 |
| ,, Number of Workrooms therein | 401 | 550 | 638 | 1649 | 475 | 552 | 647 | 1674 | 485 | 552 | 653 | 1690 | 475 | 531 | 658 | 1664 | 475 | 531 | 658 | 1664 |
| ,, Number of Inspections of | 127 | 105 | 236 | 468 | 200 | 132 | 184 | 516 | 95 | 95 | 188 | 378 | 227 | 71 | 234 | 532 | 649 | 403 | 842 | 1894 |
| „ Number of Re inspections of and Calls | 125 | 153 | 176 | 454 | 129 | 53 | 153 | 335 | 81 | 115 | 166 | 362 | 142 | 40 | 146 | 328 | 477 | 361 | 641 | 1479 |
| Workrooms, Number of Inspections of | 158 | 286 | 357 | 801 | 261 | 304 | 256 | 821 | 111 | 253 | 288 | 652 | 281 | 178 | 322 | 781 | 811 | 1021 | 1223 | 3055 |
| ,, found to be overcrowded | 2 | . . | 2 | 4 | . . | . . | 3 | 3 | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . . | 2 | 5 | 6 | . . | 8 | 14 |
| ,, found to be insufficiently ventilated | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 2 | 3 | |
| „ found to be in a dirty condition | . . | 5 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 61 |
| Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered during the year | 18 | 4 | 28 | 50 | 27 | 4 | 24 | 55 | 22 | 4 | 28 | 54 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 39 | 90 | 13 | 95 | 198 |
| ,, Workrooms therein measured | 18 | 8 | 32 | 58 | 32 | 8 | 25 | 65 | 22 | 8 | 31 | 61 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 45 | 96 | 26 | 107 | 229 |
| ,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery | 12 | 2 | 22 | 36 | 20 | . . | 16 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 34 | 19 | . . | 9 | 28 | 67 | 4 | 63 | 134 |
| „ Removed from the Register | 17 | 3 | 20 | 41 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 37 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 53 | 78 | 18 | 70 | 166 |
| Houses visited for enquiry at which no female hands were employed | 9 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 10 | . . | 14 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 59 | 107 |
| Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons permitted in each room | 34 | 8 | 37 | 79 | 51 | 2 | 42 | 95 | 22 | 4 | 32 | 58 | 30 | 2 | 22 | 54 | 137 | 16 | 133 | 286 |
| Statutory Notices and Written Intimations issued | 4 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 38 | 27 | 85 |
| Works carried out under supervision:— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 | 24 | 13 | 3b | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 25 | 75 | |
| (c) Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired | 1 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | S | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 48 |
| 2 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 47 | |
| 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | . . | 1 | 2 | 3 | . . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | . . | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | |
| Nuisances which came under notice during the inspections:— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (/) Drains untrapped, unventilated, &c. | 14 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 51 | 19 | 25 | 95 |
| 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 27 | 14 | 58 | |
| (h) Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| (i) Cisterns dirty or uncovered | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 | 3 | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 4 | . . | 3 | 7 |
| . . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | . . | . . | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | |
| (A) Miscellaneous | 8 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 36 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 33 | 49 | 49 | 131 |
| "Overcrowding" of Workrooms, Cases of, abated | 2 | . . | 2 | 4 | . . | . . | 3 | 3 | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 2 | . . | 4 | 6 | 5 | . . | 10 | 15 |
* Houses where a Business Plate or the Directory, or Newspaper Advertisements implied probability that female Workers would be employed, but at which none were found.