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Islington 1912

[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.

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

Inspector Ward.1Inspector Watson.Inspector Hancock.Total.
1st Quarter 12nd Quarter.3rd Quarter4th Quarter.Year.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Year.
Number of Houses inspected....2482725203073042312101,0521.572
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc.....5641,0891,6531,5511,3351,4481,4785.8127,465
Total inspections and calls....8121,3612,1731,8581 6391,6791,6886,8649,037
Notices Served.
Intimation Personally....42•297196617264293364
By Post....931322251321019977409634
Slatutory Personally....2248..7102529
By Post....1212225288914156178
Improvements.
Drains—
Constructed......11..........1
Re-constructed......221..1..24
Repaired......88..1..1210
Ventilated........33..........3
Gully and other Traps fixed......14141442103044
Urinals—
Water supplied—cleansed......................
Cesspools—
Abolished......................
Water Closets —
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply....11..........1
Pan and trap only provided....15663431622
Water supply provided....18234135242919107148
Ventilated......................
Position altered......................
Dust Bins —
Provided....1140512821252296147
Repaired......44....4..48
Areas—
Constructed......................
Yards—
Paved......................
Re paved....3121522241025
Sinks—
Provided......11103..82122
Domestic Water Supply—
Cisterns provided........11..........1
Cisterns repaired and cleansed....13213485872862
Water supply provided to dwelling house......6612..19 410
Water supply provided for tenement house....3202318124165073
Other Improvements-
Rooms cleansed or limewashed....1342443781047204531071,3841.762
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and whitewashed....1751723472027913723459806
Floor space ventilated......22..31379
Floors repaired ......448966113240
Roofs repaired....6354]4512151688129
Overcrowding abated....51116191615116177
Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued....246414..915
Other Improvements or Nuisances abated..68159227176160110125571798
Rooms Disinfected....213224633538
Total Improvements....4457941,2395021,2988263903,0164,255
Total Premises Improved..1782554332204093041551,0881,521

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