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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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57 [1931
| Districts. | Totals | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| House to House Inspections | 253 | 331 | 206 | 264 | 133 | 148 | 245 | 175 | 440 | _ 181 | 252 | 273 | 149 | 279 | 3329 | |
| Other premises inspected | 196 | 270 | 217 | 509 | 135 | 364 | 371 | 264 | 152 | 329 | 372 | 485 | 252 | 368 | 4284 | |
| Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 2251 | 1032 | 3227 | 3261 | 2357 | 1353 | 2987 | 2133 | 2494 | 3107 | 3360 | 2755 | !479 | 2406 | 40802 | |
| Ice Cream Premises inspected | 9 | 33 | 9 | 15 | — | 30 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 168 | |
| Dairies and Milk Purveyors inspected | 29 | 74 | 119 | 88 | 43 | 97 | 79 | 55 | 28 | 63 | 40 | 48 | 15 | 75 | 853 | |
| Stables | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 84 | |
| Yards | 57 | 26 | 108 | 7 | 259 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | — | 3 | — | 8 | 504 | |
| Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking Act, 1928 | - | _ | _ | _ | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | 16 | |
| Merchandise Marks Act, 1926 | — | 67 | 44 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 2 | - | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 49 | - | 224 | |
| Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | _ | 12 | 85 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 6 | _ | 9 | 217 | |
| Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected Premises (re Water Certificates) | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| inspected | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | ||
| Rag and Bone Dealers | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 4 | 13 | 35 | |
| Rag and Flock Act | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Smoke observations | — | 13 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | — | 118 | |
| Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening^ | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 61 | |
| Total Inspections and Calls | 2815 | 4478 | 4035 | 4220 | 2984 | 4068 | 3720 | 2679 | 3131 | 3775 | 4049 | 3598 | 3980 | 3168 | 50700 | |
| Notices Served. | ||||||||||||||||
| Intimation | Public Health (Lon- don) Act. 1891 | 173 | 457 | 239 | 516 | 107 | 402 | 303 | 271 | 357 | 437 | 406 | 495 | 156 | 302 | 4621 |
| Housing Acts | — | 12 | 13 | 5 | — | — | 3 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 11 | 51 | |
| Ice Cream Shops | — | 1 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | ||||
| Dairies, etc. | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 16 | |
| Statutory | Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 15 | 74 | 36 | 59 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 24 | 56 | 36 | 42 | 60 | 29 | 8 | 523 |
| ry Housing Acts | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| L.C.C. (General Powers) Acts | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 7 | — | — | 10 | ||
| Improvements. | ||||||||||||||||
| Drains— | ||||||||||||||||
| Constructed | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Re-constructed | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 70 | |
| Repaired | 6 | 14 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 149 | |
| Ventilated | 19 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 3 | _ | 122 | ||
| Gully and other traps fixed | 12 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 159 | ||
| Urinals— | ||||||||||||||||
| Water supply—cleansed | — | 11 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | - | — | 16 | |
| Water Closets— | ||||||||||||||||
| W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 4 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 17 | ||
| Pan and trap only provided | 29 | 52 | 29 | 58 | 15 | 55 | 32 | 40 | 22 | 63 | 53 | 12 | 18 | 490 | ||
| Flushing apparatus repaired | 38 | 18 38 | 4 | 50 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 31 | 340 | |||
| Ventilated | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | _ | — | 1 | — | - | — | _ | 9 | ||
| Walls, etc., cleansed | 14 52 | 5 | - | 17 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 32 | 70 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 347 | |||
| Position altered | — | 1 | 2 — | 1 _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | — | — | _ | _ | 6 | ||
| Dust Bins provided | 67 | 136 | 98 | 206 | 11 | 126 | 95 | 94 | 108 | 143 | 115 | 70 | 14 | 113 | 1402 | |
| Areas paved | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | _ | 2 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 49 | |
| Yards paved or repaved | 40 | 12 | 40 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 291 | |||
| Sinks | Provided | 55 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 12 | - | — | 6 | 230 | |
| Waste pipe repaired | 17 | 38 | 20 | 59 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 41 | 47 | 33 | 16 | 28 | 11 | 384 | ||
| Domestic Water Supply— | ||||||||||||||||
| Cisterns repaired add cleansed | 4 | 15 | 9 | 17 | - | 8 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 90 | ||||
| Water supply provided to dwelling house | _- | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | _ | - | _ | 3 | |
| Water supply provided to tenement house | 1 | 38 — | 13 | - | 8 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 89 | |||||||
| Walls and ceilings of Rooms cleansed and redecorated | 129 | 410 | 158 | 425 | 44 | 298 | 249 | 183 | 414 | 264 | 156 | 3601 | ||||