Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1912] 232
HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS.
T able CVIII.
Inspector Ward.1 | Inspector Watson. | Inspector Hancock. | Total. | ||||||||
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1st Quarter 1 | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter. | Year. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. | ||
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 |
* Inspector Ward was absent during the greater part of these quarters owing to illness, and resigned
his office on 3rd May, 1912.