London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Islington 1908

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

This page requires JavaScript

TABLE VII. Sanitary Inspectors' Work.—Notices served.

Inspector Bennett.Inspector Clark.Inspector Larard.Inspector Orange.Total.
Intimation Notices—Total served3366023981861.422
Houses2824432451511,121
The house or part of the house in a dirty condition40784720185
The house or part of the house in a damp condition36412
The house in a dilapidated condition55315376
The watercloset so foul as to be a nuisance152731376
Do. without a water supply184014173
Do. with a deficient supply of water819431
Do. improperly constructed
Do. so defective as to be a nuisance24453615120
Do. stopped4076457168
Do placed in an improper position1I
Insufficient external ventilation to watercloset527
Insufficient watercloset accommodation2811122
Absence of watercloset accommodation_
Absence of proper watercloset accommodation for persons of each sexSee under Workshops &c.
The soil pipe defective112
Do. unventilated1I
Do. improperly ventilated112
The yard paving defective143219
Do. dirty6138128
Do. undrained
The area improperly paved134
Do. dirty121426
Do. undrained_
The inlet of surface drain improperly trapped33
A gully trap improperly placed within the house
The waste pipe of sink improperly connected with the drainI14f,
Do. do. improperly trapped11215
Do. do. untrapped625132
Do. of lavatory improperly connected with the drain_____
Do. do. improperly trapped_
Do. do. untrapped22
Do. of bath directly connected witn the drain______
Do. do. improperly trapped2_2
Do. do. untrapped22_4
The water cistern so foul as to be a nuisance534618
Do. being without a close fitting cover533_11
Do. being placed in an improper position ...______
Do. defective16119
An accumulation or deposit of refuse52824461
The absence of proper ashbin52182312105
The ashbin defective351931168
The drain foul235
Do. defective81010129
Do. choked or stopped836151271
Do. unventilated224