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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1928
| Districts. | Totals | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| House to House Inspections | 170 | 238 | 204 | 231 | 136 | 201 | 145 | 107 | 368 | 221 | 226 | 239 | 179 | 246 | 2911 | ||
| Other premises inspected | 185 | 290 | 272 | 583 | 309 | 430 | 306 | 431 | 396 | 334 | 413 | 632 | 510 | 402 | 5493 | ||
| Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 1636 | 2558 | 3567 | 3767 | 2102 | 3257 | 3053 | 2869 | 4179 | 3376 | 3880 | 3750 | 3635 | 2626 | 44255 | ||
| Ice Cream Factories inspected | — | 6 | 16 | 16 | 11 | — | 2 | 14 | 5 | 2 | — | 6 | 4 | 82 | |||
| Dairies and Milkshops „ | 7 | 20 | 99 | 90 | 72 | 145 | 63 | 35 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 60 | 22 | 19 | 808 | ||
| Stables ,, | 27 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 162 | 14 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 246 | ||
| Yards „ | 107 | 40 | 139 | 36 | 289 | 29 | 212 | 4 | 14 | 63 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 8 | 992 | ||
| Manure Depots „ | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | |||
| Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 110 | 1 | 87 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 233 | |||
| Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | — | 26 | 98 | 10 | 95 | 115 | 10 | 45 | 2 | 2 | _ | 45 | 460 | ||||
| Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | — | — | h.to h 34 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | 41 | |||||
| Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Smoke observations | — | 6 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 114 | ||
| Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 64 | ||
| Total Inspections and Calls | 2146 | 3192 | 4465 | 4766 | 3230 | 4190 | 3990 | 3460 | 5073 | 4119 | 4601 | 4707 | 4405 | 3362 | 55706 | ||
| Notices Served. Intimation Public Health (Lon- don) Act, 1891 | 110 | 234 | 265 | 533 | 99 | 350 | 228 | 279 | 478 | 381 | 385 | 474 | 295 | 333 | 4444 | ||
| Ice Cream Shops | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | ||||||
| Milk shop & Dairies | — | 1 | — | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Statutory | Public Health (Lon don) Act, 1891 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 62 | 6 | 54 | 23 | 27 | 109 | 81 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 48 | 576 | |
| Housing Act, 1925 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Improvements. Drains— | |||||||||||||||||
| Constructed | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| Re-constructed | 3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 12 | — | 4 | 5 | 1 | 88 | ||
| Repaired | 9 | 14 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 37 | 43 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 313 | ||
| Ventilated | 3 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 88 | ||
| Gully and other traps fixed | 21 | 87 | 26 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 32 | 41 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 343 | ||
| Urinals— Water supply—cleansed | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 28 | ||
| Cesspools—Abolished | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Water Closets— W.C. erected with pan, trap and Water Supply | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | ||
| Pan and trap only provided | 11 | 49 | 36 | 48 | 14 | 25 | 19 | 34 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 408 | ||
| Flushing apparatus repaired | 14 | 30 | 39 | 50 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 58 | 28 | 46 | 34 | 15 | 37 | 415 | ||
| Ventilated | — | 5 | 2 | 4 | — | 10 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 28 | ||
| Walls, etc . cleansed | 8 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 39 | 41 | 49 | 34 | 16 | 20 | 281 | ||
| Position altered | — | — | 5 | — | — | —! | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | ||
| Dust Bins | Provided | 27 | 57 | 62 | 203 | 17 | 74 | 171 | 135 | 107 | 103 | 91 | 167 | 134 | 96 | 1444 | |
| Repaired | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 14 | ||
| Areas | Constructed | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | —i | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Paved | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | — | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 37 | ||
| Yards | Paved | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 12 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | |
| Repaved | 7 | 15 | 18 | 93 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 32 | 45 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 300 | ||
| Sinks | Provided | 7 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 108 | |
| Waste pipe repaired | 10 | 24 | 26 | 40 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 47 | 49 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 320 | ||
| Domestic Water Supply— Cisterns Provided | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | ||
| Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 9 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 118 | ||
| Water supply provided to dwelling house | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 31 | ||
| Water supply provided to tenement house | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 56 | ||
| Walls and ceilings of Rooms cleansed and redeccrated | 43 | 102 | 103 | 365 | 58 | 145 | 141 | 131 | 366 | 273 | 376 | 243 | 151 | 225 | 2722 | ||
| Carried forward | |||||||||||||||||