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Islington 1912

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Table: HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.T able CVIII.Summary ofSanitary Workcarried out underInspectors WardandHancockinHouses Let in Lodgingsduring the year1912.

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Summary ofSanitary Workcarried out underInspectors WardandHancockinHouses Let in Lodgingsduring the year1912.

	Inspector Ward.1		Inspector Watson.			Inspector Hancock.					Total.
	1st Quarter 1	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter.	Year.	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Year.	Total.
Number of Houses inspected	..	..	248	272	520	307	304	231	210	1,052	1.572
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc.	..	..	564	1,089	1,653	1,551	1,335	1,448	1,478	5.812	7,465
Total inspections and calls	..	..	812	1,361	2,173	1,858	1 639	1,679	1,688	6,864	9,037
Notices Served.
Intimation Personally	..	..	42	•29	71	96	61	72	64	293	364
By Post	..	..	93	132	225	132	101	99	77	409	634
Slatutory Personally	..	..	2	2	4	8	..	7	10	25	29
By Post	..	..	1	21	22	25	28	89	14	156	178
Improvements.
Drains—
Constructed	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Re-constructed	..	..	..	2	2	1	..	1	..	2	4
Repaired	..	..	..	8	8	..	1	..	1	2	10
Ventilated..	..	..	..	3	3	..	..	..	..	..	3
Gully and other Traps fixed	..	..	..	14	14	14	4	2	10	30	44
Urinals—
Water supplied—cleansed	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cesspools—
Abolished	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Water Closets —
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply	..		..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Pan and trap only provided	..	..	1	5	6	6	3	4	3	16	22
Water supply provided	..	..	18	23	41	35	24	29	19	107	148
Ventilated	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Position altered	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dust Bins —
Provided	..	..	11	40	51	28	21	25	22	96	147
Repaired	..	..	..	4	4	..	..	4	..	4	8
Areas—
Constructed	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yards—
Paved	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Re paved	..	..	3	12	15	2	2	2	4	10	25
Sinks—
Provided	..	..	..	1	1	10	3	..	8	21	22
Domestic Water Supply—
Cisterns provided..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Cisterns repaired and cleansed	..	..	13	21	34	8	5	8	7	28	62
Water supply provided to dwelling house	..	..	..	6	6	1	2	..	1	9 4	10
Water supply provided for tenement house	..	..	3	20	23	18	12	4	16	50	73
Other Improvements-
Rooms cleansed or limewashed	..	..	134	244	378	104	720	453	107	1,384	1.762
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and whitewashed	..	..	175	172	347	20	279	137	23	459	806
Floor space ventilated	..	..	..	2	2	..	3	1	3	7	9
Floors repaired ..	..	..	4	4	8	9	6	6	11	32	40
Roofs repaired	..	..	6	35	4]	45	12	15	16	88	129
Overcrowding abated	..	..	5	11	16	19	16	15	11	61	77
Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued	..	..	2	4	6	4	1	4	..	9	15
Other Improvements or Nuisances abated		..	68	159	227	176	160	110	125	571	798
Rooms Disinfected	..	..	2	1	3	2	24	6	3	35	38
Total Improvements	..	..	445	794	1,239	502	1,298	826	390	3,016	4,255
Total Premises Improved	..		178	255	433	220	409	304	155	1,088	1,521

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* Inspector Ward was absent during the greater part of these quarters owing to illness, and resigned
his office on 3rd May, 1912.

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