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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 1926
Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1926]
| Districts. | | Totals | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| 243 | 249 | 211 | 239 | 247 | 12 | 3 118 | 402 | 25 | 293 | 312 | 197 | 248 | 3347 | ||||
| House to House Inspections | 235 | 287 | 266 | 642 | 321 | 409 | 157 | 499 | 463 | 400 | 435 | 582 | 307 | 355 | 5355 | ||
| Other premises inspected | 2210 | 2490 | 3273 | 3774 | 2335 | 3576 | 2308 | 3824 | 4328 | 3372 | 3845 | 2991 | 3512 | 2453 | 44291 | ||
| Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | — | — | 26 | 11 | — | 22 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 136 | ||
| Ice Cream Factories inspected | 38 | 48 | 80 | 57 | 65 | 64 | 92 | 43 | 74 | 20 | 56 | 49 | 61 | 792 | |||
| Dairies and Milkshops „ | 35 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 207 | ||
| Stables ,, | 116 | 82 | 201 | 35 | 372 | 7 | 173 | 5 | 52 | 22 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 1122 | ||
| Yards „ | - | — | — | 3 | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | 3 | ||
| Manure Depots „ Vacant land. Passages and Courts inspected | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 76 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 162 | ||
| Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | l | 57 | 61 | 17 | 2 | 72 | 61 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 3 | - | 7 | 472 | |||
| Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 6 | _ | _ | - | -_ | 77 | 135 | ||||
| Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | ||
| Smoke observations | — | 12 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 121 | |||
| Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening^ | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 53 | ||
| Total Inspections and Calls | 2892 | 3235 | 4180 | 4771 | 3533 | 4416 | 4511 | 4142 | 4001 | 3372 | 56211 | ||||||
| Notices Intimation | Served. | Public Health (Lon-: don) Act 1891 | 202 | 272 | 267 | 589 | 130 | 400 | 180 | 385 | 570 | 397 | 463 | 427 | 289 | 4797 | ||
| (Milk shop & Dairies | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | ||
| Statutory | (Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 49 | 9 | 63 | 18 | 42 | 116 | 69 | 24 | 62 | 38 | 33 | 581 | |
| (Housing Act, 1925 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Improvements. Drains— Constructed | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Re-constructed | 3 | 15 | 7 | 4 | — | 12 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 97 | ||
| Repaired | 23 | 14 | 23 | 34 | 3 | 38 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 7 | 25 | 325 | ||
| Ventilated | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 94 | ||
| Gully and other traps fixed ... Urinals— | 20 | 82 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 39 | 16 | 48 | 31 | 71 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 407 | ||
| Water supply—cleansed | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 32 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Water Closets— W.C. erected with pan, trap and Water Supply | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 4 | - | - | 9 | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | 27 | ||
| Pan and trap only provided | 19 | 40 | 33 | 53 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 33 | 34 | 71 | 59 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 422 | ||
| Flushing apparatus repaired | 24 | 32 | 27 | 77 | 1 | 40 | 22 | 27 | 76 | 36 | 64 | 52 | 23 | 26 | 527 | ||
| Ventilated | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Walls, etc . cleansed | 8 | 18 | 4 | 47 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 61 | 83 | 33 | 28 | 14 | 396 | ||
| Position altered | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | 7 | |||
| Dust Bins | Provided | 72 | 120 | 55 | 189 | 10 | 89 | 71 | 159 | 64 | 145 | 141 | 128 | 74 | 71 | 1388 | |
| Repaired | _ | _ | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 2 | _ | 25 | — | 2 | — | 38 | ||
| Areas Yards | Constructed | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | ___ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 3 | |
| Paved | 2 | 4 | _ | 3 | _ | _ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29 | ||
| Paved | 2 | 3 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 16 | ||
| Repaved | 13 | 31 | 16 | 72 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 57 | 22 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 335 | ||
| Sinks | Provided | 10 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | _ | 1 | 90 | |
| Waste pipe repaired | 14 | 17 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 250 | ||
| Domestic Water Supply— i Cisterns Provided | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | ||
| Cisterns repaired and cleansed I Water supply provided to ~\ dwelling house Water supply provided to tene-' ment house | 8 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 181 | ||
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 41 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | 7 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | - | 57 | |||
| Walls and ceilings of Rooms cleansed and redecorated | 77 | 150 | 167 | 535 | 85 | 258 | 139 | 192 | 502 | 373 | 460 | 288 | 279 | 206 | 3711 | ||
| Carrried forward | |||||||||||||||||