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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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231 [1899
Swimming Baths.
| Bathers. | Hornsey Road. | Caledonian Road | Tibberton Square. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public. | 1st class | Males | 56,429 | 17,692 | 15,672 | 89,793 |
| Females | 5,220 | 1,296 | 1,511 | 8,027 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 48,001 | 44,199 | 38,975 | 131,175 | |
| Females | 5,261 | 4,149 | 4,126 | 13,536 | ||
| Schools. | 1st class | Boys | 10,403 | 1,992 | 1,714 | 14,109 |
| Girls | 2,650 | 684 | 9 | 3,343 | ||
| 2nd class | Boys | 36,986 | 34,474 | 34,983 | 106,443 | |
| Girls | 14,122 | 14,147 | 7,681 | 35,950 | ||
| Totals | 179,072 | 118,633 | 104,571 | 402,376 | ||
| Private (Slipper) Baths. | ||||||
| 1st class | Males | 31,999 | 18,354 | 19,237 | 69,590 | |
| Females | 4,171 | 1,778 | 2,843 | 8,792 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 49,553 | 57,377 | 53,159 | 160,089 | |
| Females | 18,237 | 16,250 | 22,980 | 57,467 | ||
| Totals | 103,960 | 93,759 | 98,219 | 295,938 | ||
| Washhouses. | ||||||
| Washers | 25,875 | 37,278 | 67,750 | 130,903 | ||
| Total Persons' Using each Establishment. | ||||||
| Total persons using each establishment in 1899 | 308,907 | 249,670 | 270,640 | 829,217 | ||