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Islington 1912

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

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1912] 244

Table CIX.

Showing summary ofSanitary WorkfromInspectors' reportsfor the Year1912.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
1234667891011121314
House to House Inspections16719821071917148444610255283640910
Other premises inspected2993981723652363084273433154364813992804654924
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc.3823395134963998414033134459421837494156448647434636505856826
Ice Cream Factories inspected12311211116152445398
Dairies and Milkshops ,,95110742141267811465120641421201411301593
Stables ,,38112042140673610510962236452
Yards ,,24102249818510115075911723114165551332
Manure Depots „89....2..............1....92
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected70736..373233686118227
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected14665043222313771109147226629
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected..16......21............10
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected111..1..............3....16
Visits Sale of Food and Drugs Acts....1613..12................41
Smoke observations135314..1115411142313131158
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening)1619131717171316141316181315217
Total Inspections and calls4649473341954905398639595419471843285069527954643974584767525
Notices Served.
Intimation—Personally13238711538426138538810512433982651409
By Post61323315430218.13238214311871214
Statutory—Personally511322511027..11972
By Post119726323141810331620..39250
Improvements.
Drains—
Constructed213412121112..122
Re-constructed3234303926353449263016193232434
Repaired41231030972312342829152932322
Ventilated1432203621273037112610262324337
Gully and other traps fixed200188842101398427022310912271781351792092
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansec1....8....2....12..1631
Cesspools—Abolished..1........................1
Water Closets—
W.C. erected with pan, trap anc water supply34..7210311336..348
Pan and trap only provided7374507342378894516171435781895
Water supply provided274514512311353435314481751426
Ventilated2434..112111372..2999
Position altered..141..........2..2....10
Dust Bins—Provided86644011990171954213914936461891273
Repaired1....19..41147......35
Areas—constructed............1..1....21..12
Yards—Paved13122912522189813510189
Re paved696324110471713750718286994082977
Sinks— provided14301C1512328141991914213C238
Domestic Water Supply—
Cisterns provided......1....2..1......116
Cisterns repaired and cleansed322926491296811142449101294439
Water Supply provided to dwelling house2116317661040131182720198
Water supply provided to tenement house341211510427118155261944258
Other Improvements—
Rooms cleansed and limewashed82497620614764269891641533112711892452315
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed2729151071512221833401075045126646
Floor space ventilated78724. .65482813221624199
Floors repaired1717115410153618223148433233387
Roofs repaired3944107921115924243378373463556
Overcrowding abated613123224311745
Illegal use of underground Rooms
for sleeping discontinued............1......611716
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated124118692106160145871411921951191033601984
Rooms Disinfected204165110205207103916986134142682101601954
Total Improvements11711052653168791254716661011919122215769971077195416444
Total Premises Improved5083842576013361754803462965035562823555745635