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]
TABLE CX.—
NUISANCES. | QUARTERS. | |||||
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1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter | 4tli Quarter. | The Year. | ||
34. | An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit | 78 | 66 | 49 | 51 | 244 |
35. | The dustbin or ashpit defective | 271 | 291 | 265 | 285 | 1,112 |
36. | ,, „ placed in an improper position | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 7 |
37. | The drain foul | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
38. | ,, defective | 154 | 149 | 122 | 144 | 569 |
39 | ,, choked or stopped | 49 | 50 | 40 | 37 | 176 |
40. | ,, . unventilated | 27 | 29 | 37 | 38 | 131 |
41. | The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain | 29 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 71 |
42. | ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
43. | „ ,, defective | 43 | 34 | 53 | 38 | 168 |
44. | The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C. | 1 | 17 | 18 | ||
45. | The house without a proper water supply | 114 | 74 | 80 | 75 | 343 |
46. | The roof defective | 129 | 80 | 103 | 118 | 425 |
47. | The guttering defective | 57 | 41 | 63 | 53 | 214 |
48. | The area improperly paved | 13 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 45 |
49. | „ dirty | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
50. | „ undrained | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 |
51. | The paving of the washhouse defective | 20 | 31 | 50 | 43 | 144 |
52. | The back addition walls defective | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
53. | The want of a proper manure receptacle | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 6 |
54. | The bakehouse walls dirty | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
55. | An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | io | 8 | 22 | 19 | 59 |
56. | The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | 19 | 12 | 27 | 16 | 74 |
57. | An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act | 9 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 42 |
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 9oor being unventilated | 6 | 5 | 9 | ii | 31 |
60. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 28 | 30 | 44 | 64 | 166 |
All Nuisances | 2,636 | 2,390 | 2,759 | 2,556 | 10,341 |