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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1933
| Districts. | Totals | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||||
| House to House Inspections | 208 | 338 | 182 | 251 | 149 | 97 | 126 | 243 | 341 | 213 | 199 | 270 | 163 | 244 | 3024 | |
| Other premises inspected | 233 | 293 | 170 | 434 167 | 402 | 232 | 420 | 210 | 245 | 316 | 377 | 232 | 241 | 3972 | ||
| Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 2603 | 3578 | 3025 | 3424 3084 2777 | 1594 | 2696 | 2998 | 2860 | 3224 | 2528 | 3146 | 2600 | 40137 | |||
| Ice Cream Premises inspected | 6 | 38 | 36 | 11 | 23 | 41 | — | 6 | 21 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 283 | |
| Dairies and Milk Purveyors inspected | 16 | 110 | 85 | 77 | 65 | 85 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 88 | 5 | 19 | 112 | 914 | |
| Stables „ | 51 | 8 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 15 | — | 9 | 2 | 47 | 228 | |
| Yards „ | 63 | 11 | 67 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | 14 | — | 18 | 2 | 2 | 191 | |
| Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1928 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
| Merchandise Marks Act, 1926 | 4 | 132 | 41 | 26 | 38 | 59 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 374 | |
| Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | 1 | 6 | 103 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 33 | _ | 13 | 1 | 3 | 210 | ||
| Children and Young Persons Acts | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | _ | 3 | 3 | 68 | ||
| Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | 28 | __ | _ | _ | 26 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | 54 | ||
| Rag and Bone Dealers | — | 7 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | ||
| Rag and Flock Act | 1 | 1 | 150 | |||||||||||||
| Smoke observations | — | 7 | 3 | 30 | 34 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 55 | — | |||||
| Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 101 | |||
| Total Inspections and Calls | 3229 | 4537 | 3763 | 4280 | 3554 | 3550 | 2057 | 3501 | 3646 | 3500 | 3864 | 3316 | 3679 | 3272 | 497 <8 | |
| Notices Served. | ||||||||||||||||
| Intimation | Public Health (Lon-don) Act, 1891 | 151 | 443 | 257 | 515 | 250 | 454 | 159 | 461 | 456 | 364 | 379 | 333 | 170 | 300 | 4695 |
| Housing Acts | — | 14 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 33 | |
| Ice Cream Shops | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 13 | |
| Dairies, etc. | 1 | 6 | 2 3 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 54 | ||
| Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 8 | 65 | 32 | 29 | 13 | 78 | 25 | 58 | 107 | 61 | 34 | 51 | 15 | 15 | 591 | |
| Statutory | Housing Acts L.C.C. (General | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Powers) Acts | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | |
| Improvements. | ||||||||||||||||
| Drains— | ||||||||||||||||
| 'Constructed | — | — | — | — 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Re-constructed | 2 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | — | 6 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 63 | ||
| Repaired | 11 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 135 | |
| Ventilated | 9 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | — | 15 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 65 | |
| Gully and other traps fixed | 6 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 17 | — | — | 14 | — | 29 | 10 | 3 | — | 9 | 153 | |
| Urinals— | ||||||||||||||||
| Water supply—cleansed | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 21 | |
| Water Closets— | ||||||||||||||||
| "W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | _ | 1 | 1 | 5 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 30 | |
| Pan and trap only provided | 74 | 69 | 33 | 72 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 59 | 18 | 66 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 546 | |
| • Flushing apparatus repaired | 34 | 38 | 27 | 37 | 13 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 298 | |
| Ventilated | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | ||
| Walls, etc., cleansed | 15 | 46 | 11 | 44 | 9 | 70 | 4 | 39 | 37 | 73 | 67 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 450 | |
| _ Position altered | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Dust Bins provided | 66 | 140 | 110 | 249 | 79 | 116 | 45 | 96 | 113 | 111 | 91 | 91 | 30 | 54 | 1391 | |
| Areas paved | 1 | 7 | — | 7 | 4 | 7 | — | 3 | — | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 45 | |
| Yards paved or repaved | 7 | 44 | 17 | 42 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 34 | 20 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 316 | |
| Sinks | Provided | 43 | 87 | 24 | 41 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 64 | 13 | 55 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 430 |
| Waste pipe repaired | 23 | 58 | 36 | 71 | 48 | 54 | 18 | 90 | 62 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 534 | |
| Domestic Water Supply— | ||||||||||||||||
| Cisterns repaired a.nd cleansed | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | — | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | _ | 67 | |
| Water supply provided to dwelling house | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Water supply provided to tene-ment house | 15 | 58 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 191 | |
| Walls and ceilings of Rooms cleansed and redecorated | 100 | 309 | 93 | 436 | 175 | 465 | 95 | 360 | 509 | 71 | 335 | 314 | 86 | 191 | 3739 | |