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Islington 1913

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

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TABLE CXI.—continued.

NUISANCES.QUARTERS.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The Year.
34.An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit41386583227
35.The dustbin or ashpit defective28027 o3241,109
36.,, „ placed in an improper position ....11..2
37.The drain foul536822
38.,, defective13311788121459
39,, choked or stopped61526165239
40.„ unventilated26432619114
41.The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain1221171363
42,, ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe..31125
43.„ ,, defective554240178
44.The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C.6911..2
45.The house without a proper water supply606160250
46.The roof defective828310298365
47.The guttering defective52383964193
48.The area improperly paved ..17611741
49.„ dirty864523
50.„ undrained171110
51.The paving of the washhouse defective2121181171
52.The back addition walls defective........
53.The want of a proper manure receptacle12..25
54.The bakehouse walls dirty..........
55.An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance1611i21756
56.The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates ..21323026109
57.An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act ,111651244
58.A tent, van, shed or similar structure used for human hr.bitation 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 floor being unventilated71116539
60.The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly
or insufficiently ventilated50323531148
All Nuisances2,5342,3922,1032,2289,257