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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 1924
Sixty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[ 1924
| Districts. | Totals | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||
| House to House Inspections | 170 | 230 | 265 | 220 | 208 | 282 | 178 | 49 | 389 | 242 | 212 | 247 | 185 | 233 | 3110 | |
| Other premises inspected | 310 | 333 | 329 | 346 | 166 | 331 | 336 | 473 | 474 | 406 | 385 | 520 | 281 | 381 | 5077 | |
| Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 2370 | 2637 | 3544 | 2567 | 2687 | 3515 | .3672 | 4113 | 3593 | 3528 | 3622 | 3889 | 3367 | 2890 | (45994 | |
| Ice Cream Factories inspected | | — | 2 | 42 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 3 | - | 21 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 146 | |
| Dairies and Milkshops | 48 | 29 | 109 | 110 | 19 | 60 | 142 | 101 | 87 | 38 65 113 | 64 | 45 | 1030 | |||
| Stables ,, | 35 | 1 | 22 | 31 | 138 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 36 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 17 | 321 | |
| Yards „ | 150 | 53 | 292 | 105 | 205 | 9 | 365 | 13 | 54 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 94 | 34 | 1391 | |
| Manure Depots | 7 | - | 1 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 2 | - | ; - | - | _ | - | 35 | |
| Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 69 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 140 | |
| Urinals attached to P.H.'s in | ||||||||||||||||
| spected | 1 | 53 | 60 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 80 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 5 | - | 25 | 32 | 412 | |
| Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Premises (re Water Certificates) | ||||||||||||||||
| inspected | — | — | — | — | — | —- | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | |
| Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Smoke observations | 8 | 7 | 16 | 37 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | 180 | |
| Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 49 | |
| Total Inspections and Calls | 3113 | 3351 | 4689 | 3512 | 3489 | 4313 | 4897 | 4787 | 4710 | 4241 | 4313 | 4793 | 4149 | 3550 | 57907 | |
| Notices Served. | . | |||||||||||||||
| Intimation | Personally | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 133 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 316 |
| By Post | 186 | 295 | 220 | 305 | 106 | 335 | 244 | 314 | 350 | 399 | 385 | 422 297 | 211 | 4069 | ||
| Statutory | Personally | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 3 | 11 | — | 1 | 15 | 11 | — | — | 3 | 6 | 59 |
| By Post | 36 | 44 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 31 | 14 | 28 | 58 | 62 | 51 | 68 | 43 | 47 | 558 | |
| Improvements. | ||||||||||||||||
| Drains— | ||||||||||||||||
| Constructed | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | |
| Re-constructed | 5 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | — | 2 | 13 | 4 | 105 | |
| Repaired | 16 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 50 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 43 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 321 | |
| Ventilated | 5 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 100 | |
| Gully and other taps fixed | 26 | 90 | 43 | 38 | 22 | 53 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 24 | 435 | |
| Urinals— | ||||||||||||||||
| Water supplied, cleansed | — | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 27 | ||
| Cesspools-Abolished | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Water Closet— | ||||||||||||||||
| W.C. erected with pan, trap and Water Supply | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||
| Pan and trap only provided | 12 | 46 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 47 | 65 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 353 | |
| Water supply provided | 20 | 37 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 62 | 26 | 47 | 29 | 26 | 26 | 388 | |
| Ventilated | - | — | 1 | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 12 | |
| Position altered | - | — | 3 | 1 | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | 4 | |
| Dust Bins | Provided | 86 | 129 | 96 | 89 | 16 | 78 | 172 | 160 | 78 | 151 | 108 | 147 | 98 | 59 | 1467 |
| Repaired | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 18 | |
| Areas—Cons | :ructed | - | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 8 |
| Yards | Paved | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 22 |
| Repaved | 12 | 30 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 21 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 42 | 15 | 330 | |
| Sinks—Provided | 4 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 53 | |
| Domestic Water Supply— | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Cisterns Provided | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | - | 1 | 4 | ||
| Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 12 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 221 | |
| Water supply provided to dwelling house | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 9 | - | 2 | 36 | |
| Water supply provided to tenement house | 1 | 4 | - | 10 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4, | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 59 | |
| Other improvements— | 260 | 145 | 352 | 306 | 533 | 323 | ||||||||||
| Rooms cleansed & limewashed | 103 | 137 | 318 | 234 | 86 | 196 | 342 | 200 | 3535 | |||||||
| Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed | 49 | 45 | 93 | 93 | 11 | 78 | 55 | 47 | 91 | 118 | 168 | 96 | 107 | 39 | 1090 | |
| Floor space ventilated | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 10 | 2 | 6 31 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 33 | |
| Floors repaired | 11 | 21 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 37 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 26 | 354 | |||
| Roofs repaired | 58 | 75 | 89 | 94 | 5 | 81 | 96 | 72 | 108 | 133 | 205 | 140 | 145 | 94 | 1395 | |
| Overcrowding abated ... | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 12 | |
| Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | |
| Other improvements, or Nuis | 146 | |||||||||||||||
| onces abated | 72 | 102 | 94 | 150 | 38 | 184 | 131 | 116 | 137 | 313 | 114 | 134 | 107 | 1838 | ||
| Rooms Disinfected | 195 | 200 | 181 | 143 | 38 | 32 | 86 | 32 | 168 | 62 | 77 | 135 | 136 | 162 | 1647 | |
| Total improvements | 691 | 982 | 1075 | 1048 | 295 | 1036 | 921 | 712 | 1193 | 1185 | 1667 | 1094 | 1159 | 838 | 13896 | |
| Total premises improved ... | 359 | 468 | 505 | 495 | 107 | 371 | 446 | 363 | 567 | 439 | 612 | 593 | 512 | 402 | 6239 | |