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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 1910

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

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1910]

Table: TABLE CXIII.—continued.

TABLE CXIII.—continued.

NUISANCES.QUARTERS.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The Year.
34. An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit84916463302
35. The dustbin or ashpit defective193262220265940
36. „ placed in an improper position51..17
37. The drain foul4412525
38. ,, defective169200195184748
39 ,, choked or stopped661045647273
40. „ unventilated36654735183
41. The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain54674032193
42 ,, ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe..431412
43. „ „ defective33463666181
44. The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C.215..118
45. The house without a proper water supply107137122116482
46. The roof defective777174103325
47. The guttering defective45604578228
48. The area improperly paved9118634
49. ,, dirty14..38
50. „ undrained....213
51. The paving of the washhouse defective919202068
52. The back addition walls defective9175233
53. The want of a proper manure receptacle475521
54. The bakehouse walls dirty..........
55. An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance146221254
56. The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates2525222597
57. An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act824272483
58. A tent, van, shed or similar structure used for human habitation which is in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates..........
59. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated525618
60. The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated2319202284
All Nuisances2,5732,8412,5112,58810,513