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Islington 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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17 [1922

Showing the summary of Sanitary Work from District Inspectors' Reportsfor The year 1922.

Districts.Totals
1 *2345†67891011121314
House to House Inspections161781891061010417753265761361491291521740
Other premises inspected236576311606465533244215353934635185474015924
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc.90728783682309565733973774432239882780313240943345386943930
Ice Cream Factories inspected711610—712315—3134495
Dairies and Milkshops „3516107987171068487670181940710
Stables ,,2317263523—382—18101
Yards „3747265942417842526741932744
Manure Depots ,,—-—14——————————14
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected22-7-1273-15--13373
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected13685203313451621-733283
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected--92-10476108-----81344
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected__14---17-----5577
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts---------------
Smoke observations219910—109225471341319209
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening)1344145455434148
Total Inspections and Calls124637594791409076341624687501249543358413147504091449854292
Notices Served.
IntimationPersonally3418111832321187257151248485
By Post1263431974289285276252310112963622242173336
StatutoryPersonally—196—398232375515125
By Post52517641492724101776501652514
Improvements.
Drains—
Constructed1—-----14——-118
Reconstructed312101047485323-1416116
Repaired5221531235231213173411233728
Ventilated3224127916123102916116
Gully and other traps fixed108828621912332644152644839454
Urinals—
Water supplied, cleansed—-27——2—1—1—2116
Cesspools—Abolished.—--—————————-—-
Water Closet—
W.C. erected with pan, trap
and Water Supply—115—3——9———2223
Pan and trap only provided125110457272123211272103158398
Water supply provided15581925643414258425354220433
Ventilated—132—1——211--213
Position altered-11-—-—--12—--5
Dust BinsProvided69133771451187110657211857248451030
Repaired1—1——-1———6———9
Areas—Constructed——--—1—2-——-1-4
Yards'Paved.1—31—-32113—-116
Repaved9311552719531538825203117340
Sinks—Provided—24212121341723—3689
Domestic Water Supply—
Cisterns provided1—1---1--—0-1-6
Cisterns repaired & cleansed6434242118346213165616259
Water supply provided to dwelling house2683-3104231045262
Water supply provided to tenement house-5-13-31-482321381
Other improvements—
Rooms cleansed & limewashed55136295440362313432295271193944762603193860
Walls and passages repaired,cleansed and limewashed196079157660767615824118128100751136
Floor space ventilated-336-45412—2514—67
Floors repaired7181850126182959827544646407
Roofs repaired30115651396103140106110421351441061191366
Overcrowding abated.——1———112——21—8
Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued---1----1-——1-3
Other improvements, or Nuisances abated .39144991992015414796246411391621701781834
Rooms Disinfected692732352662518134861415118271971941734
Total improvements35712471037172515987212158431624371120011591153121114173
Total premises improved191630514714533374843515751764184045035165866
•From August when Mr. Agar took over District. †3 Months only. District vacant from March.