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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Table CXXII.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 71 | 34 | 70 | 78 | 28 | 175 | 141 | 58 | 42 | 82 | 229 | 87 | 33 | 74 | 1202 |
Number of houses inspected | 406 | 480 | 458 | 606 | 404 | 665 | 383 | 398 | 418 662 | 576 | 566 | 545 | 501 | 7068 | |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc | 4498 | 4160 | 3517 | 4506 | 3937 | 3806 | 5580 | 4931 | 3830 | 4572 | 5065 | 5061 | 4483 | 6120 | 64066 |
Total Visits | |||||||||||||||
Visits to Ice Cream Factories | 17 | 15 | 24 | 54 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 39 | 27 | 34 | 30 | 11 | 348 |
,, Dairies and Milkshops | 224 | 166 | 119 | 339 | 147 | 152 | 299 | 183 | 341 | 169 | 351 | 411 | 241 | 161 | 3303 |
„ Stables and Yards | 125 | 101 | 573 | 645 | 558 | 662 | 254 | 48 | 146 | 135 | 92 | 176 | 346 | 161 | 4022 |
,, Manure Depôts | 72 | .. | 12 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 118 |
,, Workshops, with respect | |||||||||||||||
to drains | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 43 | 18 | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | 171 | .. | 18 | 261 |
,, Under Customs and In | |||||||||||||||
land Revenue Acts | 6 | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | .. | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42 | 1 | .. | 83 |
,, re Water Certificates | 2 | .. | 12 | 1 | .. | 44 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 74 |
,, Under Sale of Food and | |||||||||||||||
Drugs Acts | 36 | 24 | 27 | .. | 22 | 39 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 31 | 16 | 29 | 300 |
Smoke observations | 5 | 19 | 1 | 91 | 192 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 15 | 87 | 58 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 618 |
Saturday night inspections | 222 | 297 | 162 | 380 | 339 | 243 | 237 | 438 | 385 | 713 | 543 | 480 | 243 | 226 | 4908 |
All Inspections, visits, etc | 5684 | 5296 | 4980 | 6726 | 5641 | 5861 | 7005 | 6096 | 5227 | 6497 | 6966 | 7151 | 5939 | 7302 | 86371 |
Notices Served. | |||||||||||||||
Intimation — | |||||||||||||||
Personally | 251 | 202 | 176 | 306 | 156 | 128 | 251 | 180 | 237 | 256 | 474 | 293 | 239 | 362 | 3521 |
By Post | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 3 | 27 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | .. | 26 | 165 |
Statutory— | |||||||||||||||
Personally | 8 | 9 | .. | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 31 | 13 | 11 | 131 |
By Post | 11 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 33 | 20 | 14 | 26 | 27 | 63 | 11 | 30 | 296 |
Improvements. | |||||||||||||||
Drains— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed.. | 79 | 71 | 48 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 97 | 99 | 34 | 75 | 17 | 67 | 53 | 88 | 855 |
Improved or repaired | 30 | 26 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 69 | 26 | 10 | 27 | 38 | 64 | 38 | 50 | 48 | 491 |
Traps fixed | 420 | 355 | 293 | 184 | 203 | 177 | 553 | 428 | 170 | 348 | 98 | 320 | 259 | 386 | 4194 |
Cesspools— | |||||||||||||||
Abolished | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Water Closets— | |||||||||||||||
Pan, trap and water supply furnished | 53 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 26 | 27 | .. | 25 | 39 | 20 | 292 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 97 | 96 | 96 | 75 | 53 | 54 | 148 | 136 | 43 | 72 | 61 | 95 | 63 | 124 | 1213 |
Water supply furnished | 27 | 29 | 13 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 53 | 130 | 52 | 47 | 68 | 568 |
Dust Bins- | |||||||||||||||
Provided | 148 | 62 | 47 | 66 | 35 | 43 | 84 | 78 | 50 | 83 | 87 | 65 | 66 | 82 | 996 |
Repaired | .. | 1 | 8 | .. | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | 16 | .. | 4 | 6 | 51 |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 7 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 37 | 24 | 9 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 219 |
Relaid | 89 | 101 | 81 | 119 | 70 | 54 | 167 | 98 | 99 | 67 | 89 | 122 | 161 | 161 | 1478 |
Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||||||
New Cisterns provided | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 44 | 19 | 23 | 49 | 30 | 108 | 32 | 4 | 21 | 34 | 58 | 74 | 39 | 48 | 583 |
Water Supply provided | 56 | 24 | 19 | 45 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 48 | 67 | 53 | 64 | 53 | 36 | 531 |
Other Improvements— | |||||||||||||||
Houses generally repaired | 6 | 14 | 5 | 41 | 17 | 38 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 45 | 64 | 22 | 33 | 340 |
„ etc., cleansed or lime-washed | 48 | 36 | 75 | 105 | 65 | 96 | 51 | 34 | 153 | 35 | 286 | 222 | 155 | 148 | 1509 |
,, ventilated | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 132 | |
Overcrowding abated | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 70 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms | |||||||||||||||
for sleeping discontinued | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .. | 31 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances | |||||||||||||||
abated | 257 | 254 | 179 | 236 | 130 | 470 | 226 | 172 | 152 | 331 | 559 | 801 | 292 | 579 | 4638 |
Rooms Disinfected | 175 | 230 | 133 | 152 | 185 | 84 | 101 | 126 | 207 | 181 | 156 | 197 | 114 | 139 | 2180 |
Total Improvements | 1539 | 1371 | 1064 | 1210 | 930 | 1327 | 1582 | 1286 1121 | 1455 | 1764 | 2288 | 1453 | 2021 | 20411 | |
Total Premises Improved | 502 | 400 | 312 | 478 | 299 | 456 | 149 | 322 | 466 | 476 | 643 | 529 | 479 | 521 | 6332 |