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Islington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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47 [1925
| 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | Average | 1925 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House to House Inspections | 377 | 630 | 1,740 | 2,535 | 3,110 | 1,678 | 2,920 | ||
| Other premises inspected | 9,055 | 8,787 | 5,924 | 5,284 | 5,077 | 6,826 | 5,163 | ||
| Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 48,816 | 50,573 | 43,930 | 46,789 | 45,994 | 47,220 | 46,477 | ||
| Ice Cream Factories inspected | 44 | 62 | 95 | 83 | 146 | 86 | 223 | ||
| Dairies and Milkshops do. | 577 | 468 | 710 | 823 | 1,030 | 722 | 1,262 | ||
| Stables do. | 280 | 185 | 101 | 226 | 321 | 222 | 86 | ||
| Yards do | 738 | 643 | 744 | 1,090 | 1,391 | 921 | 1,093 | ||
| Manure Depots do. | 120 | 73 | 14 | 47 | 35 | 58 | 5 | ||
| Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected | 93 | 53 | 73 | 123 | 140 | 96 | 172 | ||
| Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | 438 | 343 | 283 | 423 | 412 | 380 | 348 | ||
| Premises (re Certificate Customs and Inland | |||||||||
| Revenue Acts) inspected | 16 | 21 | 344 | 69 | 12 | 86 | 4 | ||
| Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | 3 | 178 | 77 | 63 | 10 | 72 | 11 | ||
| Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts ... | 1,091 | 204 | — | — | — | 260 | 1 | ||
| Smoke observations | 64 | 84 | 209 | 215 | 180 | 150 | 114 | ||
| Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday | |||||||||
| evening) | 53 | 43 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 48 | 50 | ||
| Total Inspections and Calls | 61,765 | 62,347 | 54,292 | 57,817 | 57,907 | 58,825 | 57,929 | ||
| Notices Served. | |||||||||
| Intimation | 'Personally | 1,713 | 876 | 485 | 341 | 316 | 706 | 289 | |
| By Post | 1,690 | 3,497 | 3,336 | 3,148 | 4,069 | 3,148 | 4,033 | ||
| Statutory | "Personally | 136 | 79 | 125 | 133 | 59 | 110 | 49 | |
| By Post | 256 | 455 | 514 | 451 | 558 | 447 | 456 | ||
| Improvements. | |||||||||
| Drains— | |||||||||
| Constructed | 8 | — | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Re-constructed | 110 | 120 | 116 | 132 | 105 | 117 | 116 | ||
| Repaired | 258 | 334 | 280 | 265 | 321 | 292 | 345 | ||
| Ventilated | 94 | 120 | 116 | 137 | 100 | 113 | 109 | ||
| Gully and other traps fixed | 490 | 576 | 454 | 477 | 435 | 486 | 565 | ||
| Urinals—Water supply, cleansed | 31 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 42 | ||
| Cesspools—Abolished | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Water closets— | |||||||||
| W.C. erected with pan, trap, and water | |||||||||
| supply | 17 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 8 | ||
| Pan and trap provided | 268 | 436 | 398 | 356 | 353 | 362 | 472 | ||
| Water supply provided | 477 | 655 | 433 | 424 | 388 | 475 | 469 | ||
| Ventilated | 13 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 12 | 19 | 13 | ||
| Position altered | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Dust Bins | Provided | 2,585 | 1,776 | 1,030 | 1,309 | 1,467 | 1,634 | 1,500 | |
| Repaired | 62 | 34 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 18 | ||
| Areas—Constructed | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | _ | ||
| Yards | Paved | 45 | 22 | 16 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 13 | |
| Repaved | 469 | 502 | 340 | 324 | 330 | 393 | 418 | ||
| Sinks—Provided | 50 | 78 | 89 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 83 | ||
| Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||
| Cisterns provided | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 291 | 333 | 259 | 196 | 221 | 260 | 227 | ||
| Water supply provided to dwelling house | 56 | 78 | 62 | 50 | 36 | 56 | 32 | ||
| Water supply provided to tenement house | 66 | 56 | 81 | 40 | 59 | 60 | 50 | ||
| Other improvements— | |||||||||
| Rooms cleansed and limewashed | 4,555 | 5,900 | 3,860 | 3,473 | 3,535 | 4,265 | 3,628 | ||
| Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed | 1,187 | 1,592 | 1,136 | 992 | 1,090 | 1,199 | 1,241 | ||
| Floor space ventilated | 56 | 83 | 67 | 54 | 33 | 59 | 54 | ||
| Floors repaired | 419 | 568 | 407 | 306 | 354 | 411 | 360 | ||
| Roofs repaired | 1,456 | 1,719 | 1,366 | 1,123 | 1,395 | 1,412 | 1,338 | ||
| Overcrowding abated | 4 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 19 | ||
| Illegal use of underground Rooms for | |||||||||
| sleeping discontinued | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 1.907 | 2,564 | 1,834 | 1,615 | 1,838 | 1,952 | 2,244 | ||
| Rooms Disinfected | 1,625 | 1,872 | 1,734 | 1,697 | 1,647 | 1,715 | 1,800 | ||
| Total Improvements | 16,611 | 19,462 | 14,173 | 13,175 | 13-896 | 15,464 | 15,192 | ||
| Total Premises Improved | 7,067 | 7,599 | 5,866 | 5,762 | 6,239 | 6,507 | 6,635 | ||