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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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61 1935
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| Provided | 49 |
| Waste pipe repaired | 55 |
| Domestic Water Supply: | |
| Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 1 |
| Water supply provided to tenement house | 21 |
| Walls and Ceilings ot Rooms cleansed and | |
| redecorated | 1,103 |
| Other Improvements: | |
| Staircase and passages repaired, cleansed and redecorated | 325 |
| Floor space ventilated | |
| Floors repaired | 156 |
| Guttering and rain water pipes repaired | 113 |
| Hoofs Repaired | 254 |
| Overcrowding abated | 27 |
| Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 29 |
| Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 1,793 |
| Rooms Disinfected | 34 |
| Total Improvements | 4,572 |
| Total Premises Improved | 821 |
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
Another transferred power delegated to the Public Health Committee on the
17th March, 1933, was the registration of common lodging houses, taking over the
duties under the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933, of the registration,
licensing, inspection and regulation of common lodging houses. The Committee
considered the applications and renewed licences in respect of the under-mentioned
premises :—
14 and 16, Barnsbury Street, beds for 51 men.
18, 20 and 22, Barnsbury Street, beds for 78 men.
13 and 14, Duncan Terrace, beds for 63 women.
155, Englefield Road, beds for 62 men.
87, Essex Road, beds for 52 men.
89, Essex Road, beds for 35 men.
8, Flowers Mews, beds for 30 men.
104 to 106, Georges Road, beds for 34 men.
1, Gordon Place, beds for 4 men.
2, Gordon Place, beds for 4 men.
3, Gordon Place, beds for 8 men.
4, Gordon Place, beds for 8 men.
5, Gordon Place, beds for 8 men.
6, Gordon Place, beds for 6 men.
7, Gordon Place, beds for 6 men.
13, Gordon Place, beds for 9 men.
47, 49 and 51, Wharfdale Road, beds for 65 women.
The total licences granted was 17; during the year 1934,3 premises were
vacated, leaving 24 on the register. Visits of inspection.—285 visits were paid by
male Inspectors and 59 by women Inspectors, a total of 344 visits.