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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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| Districts. | Totals | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Other improvements— | |||||||||||||||
| Staircase and passages repaired, cleansed and redecorated | 9 | 16 | 15 | 74 | 6 | 31 | 22 | 17 | 73 | 55 | 71 | 57 | 35 | 38 | 519 |
| Floor space ventilated | 2 | — | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | — | — | 61 |
| Floors repaired | 10 | 15 | 23 | 51 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 56 | 32 | 55 | 46 | 16 | 20 | 374 |
| Guttering and rain water pipes repaired | 11 | 48 | 25 | 68 | 9 | 32 | 37 | 28 | 20 | 49 | 28 | 38 | 19 | 18 | 430 |
| Roofs repaired | 18 | 62 | 61 | 230 | 15 | 53 | 50 | 53 | 104 | 121 | 115 | 91 | 55 | 79 | 1107 |
| Overcrowding abated | 1 | — | — | 14 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 36 |
| Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 11 |
| Other improvements, or Nuisances abated | 24 | 82 | 157 | 23 | 119 | 72 | 77 | 190 | 112 | 202 | 137 | 42 | 116 | 1385 | |
| Rooms Disinfected | 164 | 140 | 246 | 33 | 61 | 62 | 12 | 91 | 55 | 135 | 35 | 103 | 94 | 1461 | |
| Total improvements | 425 | 868 | 753 | 1801 | 261 | 705 | 774 | 647 | 1413 | 1171 | 1359 | 966 | 619 | 825 | 12587 |
| Total premises improved | 236 | 445 | 410 | 794 | 121 | 324 | 395 | 314 | 545 | 430 | 595 | 415 | 378 | 416 | 5818 |
In connection with the work of the Sanitary Inspector, some reference has
already been made as to new legislation. The following additional references to
duties as regards food, etc., show how widespread his work is.
Dairies and Milkshops. Under the Milk and Dairies Order of 1926 provision
is made for registration. Contamination of milk is dealt with under the following
heads:—
1. Lack of cleanliness.
2. Keeping of animals in dairy.
3. Insufficient light and ventilation.
4. Dampness.
5. Defective milk vessels.
6. Prohibition of bottling of milk in the street.
7. Defective, or ill-designed churns, lids permitting entrance of dirt,
Regulations in force October, 1928.
Special Designated Milk Licences.
Bacteriological examination of milk.
Food.—Section 8 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908—
storage of food.
Condensed Milk Regulations, 1923-1927.
Dried Milk Regulations, 1923-1927.
Public Health (Preservatives in Food) Regulations, 1925, and the Public
Health (Preservatives in Food) Amendment Regulations, 1926-27.
The supervision of Fried Fish Shops and Fish Curers.
Street Traders, dealing in food stuffs, storage.
Bakehouses.
Ice Cream premises.
Butchers' shops and stalls.
Duties other than routine inspections, and ordinary nuisances
Tenement Houses, Lighting of staircases.
Houses let in lodgings, underground rooms,
Rag and Bone Dealers.
Water supply, withdrawal notices from Water Board.
Water supply to tenement houses.
Smoke abatement.