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 CXX1II.—continued.
NUISANCES. | QUARTERS. | |||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | The | ||
Quarter. | Quarter. | Quarter. | Quarter. | Year. | ||
34. | An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the | |||||
want of a proper dustbin or ashpit | 51 | 107 | 69 | 67 | 294 | |
35. | The dustbin or ashpit defective | 120 | 145 | 177 | 211 | 653 |
36. | ,, „ placed in an improper position The drain foul | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
37. | 6 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 52 | |
38. | ,, defective | 261 | 232 | 183 | 206 | 882 |
39 | ,, choked or stopped | 54 | 70 | 56 | 56 | 236 |
40. | ,, unventilated | 58 | 72 | 53 | 48 | 231 |
41. | The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain | 59 | 45 | 54 | 41 | 199 |
42. | ,, ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 37 |
43. | „ lt defective The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern | 51 | 76 | 61 | 48 | 236 |
44. | ||||||
which is used for flushing the W.C. | 2 | 15 | 2 | 19 | ||
45. | The house without a proper water supply | 88 | 97 | 107 | 87 | 379 |
46. | The roof defective | 47 | 57 | 121 | 67 | 292 |
47. | The guttering defective | 49 | 55 | 35 | 28 | 167 |
48. | The area improperly paved | 10 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 47 |
49. | dirty | 2 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
50. | ,, undrained | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
51. | The paving of the washhouse defective | 40 | 43 | 28 | 23 | 134 |
52. | The back addition walls defective | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
53. | The want of a proper manure receptacle | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | |
54. | The bakehouse walls dirty | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
55. | An animad kept in suoh a manner as to be a nuisance | 12 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 77 |
56. | The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or | |||||
dangerous to the health of the inmates | 30 | 37 | 35 | 43 | 145 | |
57. | An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions | |||||
of the Act | 9 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 48 | |
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 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
59. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 |
60. | The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly | |||||
or insufficiently ventilated | 13 | 28 | 16 | 23 | 80 | |
All Nuisances | 2837 | 3,179 | 2,911 | 2,667 | 11,594 |
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