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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 1921
Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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35 [1921
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
There were 1,033 houses under the operation of the bye-laws at the end of the year
1921 ; 855 inspections were made during the year, followed by 7,906 subsequent re-inspections
and calls, so that the total visits amounted to 8,761.
These inspections resulted in 810 intimations being served on the persons responsible,
which were followed by 134 statutory notices to demand the abatement of the nuisances
discovered by the two inspectors especially engaged upon this work. Three summonses
were taken out for non-compliance with the notices served.
Altogether, 3,931 improvements were effected in 849 premises.
| Improvements. | Districts. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North. | South. | ||
| Drains: | |||
| Constructed | - | - | - |
| Reconstructed | - | 4 | 4 |
| Repaired | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Ventilated | - | 1 | 1 |
| Gully and other traps fixed | 5 | - | 5 |
| Water Closets: | |||
| W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | - | - | - |
| Pan and trap only provided | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| Water supply provided | 26 | - | 26 |
| Ventilated | - | - | - |
| Position altered | - | - | - |
| Dust Bins: | |||
| Provided | 88 | 70 | 158 |
| Repaired | 1 | - | 1 |
| Areas: | |||
| Constructed | - | - | - |
| Yards: | |||
| Paved | 2 | - | 2 |
| Repaved | 17 | 26 | 43 |
| Sinks: | |||
| Provided | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Domestic Water Supply: | |||
| Cisterns provided | - | - | — |
| Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Water supply provided to dwelling house | 1 | — | 1 |
| Water supply provided to tenement house | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Other Improvements: | |||
| Rooms cleansed and limewashed | 703 | 745 | 1,448 |
| Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed | 164 | 166 | 330 |
| Floor space ventilated | 5 | — | 5 |
| Floors repaired | 79 | 79 | 158 |
| Roofs repaired | 149 | 98 | 247 |
| Miscellaneous improvements | 677 | 756 | 1,433 |
| Total Improvements | 1,954 | 1,977 | 3,931 |
| Total Premises Improved | 429 | 420 | 849 |
RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919.
(9 and 10 Geo. 5. Ch. 72.)
This Act came into operation on the 1st January, 1920, to make further provision for
the destruction of rats and mice.
The object of the Act is to compel any person who fails to take such steps as may from
time to time be necessary and reasonably practicable for the destruction of rats and mice,
on or in any land of which he is the occupier, or for preventing such land from becoming
infested with rats and mice; and renders him liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding Five Pounds, or where he has been served with a notice under this Act, requiring
him to take such steps, not exceeding Twenty Pounds.
The following public notice was printed and circulated within the Borough by order
of the Council: