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Islington 1899

Forty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Parish of St. Mary, Islington

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TABLE CIV.Summary of Workshops Work from Inspector West's Reports during the Year 1899.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK.Quarter ending 1st April, 1899.Quarter ending 1st July, 1899.Quarter ending 30th September, 1899.Quarter ending 30th December, 1899.Year ending 30th December, 1899.
Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.Tailors.Shoemakers.Pianoforte Makers.Cycle Makers.Bakehouses.Miscellaneous.Total.
Workshops, Workplaces, Laundries, &c. Number of on the......................................................................
,, Number of Workrooms therein....................................................................
,, Number of Inspections of730105131342525224..127301436..1192134369525313115297262123441854411091748
,, N umber of Re-inspections of1413301054410531172020..79316452..225..5938747313831784636563238831337015762112
Workrooms, Number of Inspections of..............3..4..143354..233219354284321433037239764515510159735
,, found to be overcrowded......................................................................
,, found to be insufficiently ventilated..1......12......................................1......12
,, found to be in a dirty condition336....315..12....14........1521711........2458..15638
Workshops, &c., newly discovered and registered4432..619....1......1..........1515..1........14542..2136
,, Workrooms therein measured5472..3048....3......3..........552..........274102..3558
,, Reported to H.M. Inspector on discovery3b..3..516..........................................35..3..516
,, Removed from the Register......................................................................
Houses visited for enquiry at which no male hands were......................................................................
Workroom Cards distributed, showing number of persons......................................33........................33
Intimation Notices served42918452646123..73649........45256....11427335413120141184
Statutory Notices „..............1..1..237........................551..1..2812
Works carried out under supervision
DrainsConstructed..........77........167..........66....1..1810....1..22730
Improved or Repaired..14....9141......31115....21..1616..........1616116135264
Traps fixed..11....32342......12427..........2929....7..22534218..3110124
Water ClosetsW.C.'s constructed or provided..........1616....8....210....5....712....1..12022....14..14560
Urinals constructed......................................................................
Pan, trap & water supply furnished......................................................................
Pan and trap only furnised....41..3944....7..12129....3....1922....1..13032....1512100127
Water supply furnished..15113139....8..11827....5..11319....1..12325..1191485110
Dust BinsConstructed..2......46........167........................55..2....11518
Repaired and Covers adapted..........11.........................11........................22
Surface DrainsConstructed..........1515........1910..........1515........2911........34851
Relaid......................................................................
General WaterCisterns provided..........11....................................................11
Cisterns repaired and cleansed..1......23....2....13..........33..........11..12....710
Water supply provided......................1..1..........11......................112
Ventilation and Cleansing, etc.Additional means of ventilation provided..••1••••2728113••••1722•••••••••• 3615 1215 51•• ••3 ••••••123 1224 1241 51 44 8•• ••1 29282 4089 349
Rooms cleansed and limewashed....1••••7111835••5••76591••••3••••2930••••••••109283141818113135
Yards, Floors, Roofs, &c., repaired Miscellaneous•• 11 43 41 •••• 531 1236 264 3•• 145•• ••5125 2838 38••••1 ••••11516••1••••33536469••790116
Nuisances which came under notice during the inspections Drains, untrapped, unventilated, &c••23••••2328••••••••1910••••••••41923••••••••1910••23••66071
Sanitary Conveniences ill-lighted, unventilated, and defective in water supply••••••••••33••••1111922••••••••••1111••••••••••44••••1113740
Sanitary Conveniences supplied from drinking water cisterns••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Cisterns dirty or uncovered••••••••••44••••••••••••••••••••••••22••••••••••••••••••••••••66
Dust bins, wanting or defective12••••••36••••••••••131••••••••••.66••••••••••3312••••••1316
Miscellaneous3113••446111••••••29••••••••••••38382••••••••21236213••••132153
" Overcrowding " of Workrooms, Cases of, abated••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Smoke observations••••••••••268268••••••••••227227••••••••••255255••••1••11117129••••1••11867879
Totals45791032626714061925412881132311481622..5965447139919521212438770105318989812432339180750067397