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Islington 1913

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

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249 [1913

Table: Table CX.Showing summary ofSanitary WorkfromInspectors' reportsfor the Year1913.

Table CX.

Showing summary ofSanitary WorkfromInspectors' reportsfor the Year1913.

DISTRICTS.Totals.
12b4567891011121314
House to House Inspections19311974846172447314711952732
Other premises inspected419 5562525162102583364354413195743984194915624
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc.36733785375239412880246740274313354532623724341944675022 52277
Ice Cream Factories inspected6218..1..2281157. .. .383
Dairies and Milkshops „105439411410231984112970654151591043
Stables ,,381115231243419629115. .3619370
Yards ,,2665302867115195457362122116621114
Manure Dep6ts ,,82. .. .. .. .1. .. .. .. .. .. .1. .84
Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected444184. .914. .. .34124114185
Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected20324141172644462802612319562
Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected. .2. .4411. .11. .13... .137
Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected. .5. .. .. .191. .20. .. .. .. .. .45
Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Smoke observations12311282666235292
Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening)1615131211131517171419101413199
Total Inspections and calls4623455446034795358030664851487742553878450839285172575762447
Notices Served. Intimation—Personally16311661525111105368110112075772261277
By Post9124G182. .. .2572311971736792281122
Statutory—Personally2. .110. .2. .. .735251453
By Post13i52359111991013241449212
Improvements.
Drains—. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Constructed5132. .4. .23. .5. .127
Re-constructed1244263918122736163112195725374
Repaired21142125842712342816143337294
Ventilated6336341671519927694021248
Gully and other traps fixed94230572191143418615275153341132141621837
Urinals—Water supplied, cleansed2185334183811259
Cesspools—Abolished. .1. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1
Water Closets—
W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply16. .751. .122. .21136
Pan and trap only provided2964156430155548286728576760627
Water supply provided19291821224317212633192468342
Ventilated5333236142112274
Position altered. .. .. .. .. .. .1. .11. .. .. ., ,3
Dust Bins—Provided12489521025912117138871048868491441233
Repaired2. .613. .6. .2. .4. .. .428
Areas—constructed1. .1. .. .. .. .. .16. .9
Yards—Paved62. .14. .8622419522129178
Re paved6373229930710027618044936795861
Sinks—provided81284252158162317202527228
Domestic Water Supply— Cisterns provided1. .. .1. .221. .. .. .. .. .. .7
Cisterns repaired and cleansed2512503978688i72331i414'48364
Water Supply provided to dwel
ling house89595164111243576140
Water supply provided to tenement house1210218326229281413432175
Other Improvements—Rooms cleansed and limewashed2626914620975543091131861123102231313402569
Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed902141837627363667825443165758
Floor space ventilated65932. .10552132312211925241
Floors repaired15111241761216243226494345339
Roofs repaired43371373697125363135292147476
Overcrowding abated41. .6. .19. .262761458
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued. .. .. .1. .. .. .3322. .. .819
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated132123792294348114811111331181861713571924
Rooms Disinfected276207308236214378910392165144422562142383
Total Improvements12711107923165668429414269289241249106610731322198915912
Total Premises Improved59841G396603277954633633494265233094216285867