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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Islington 1871

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. * From March 26th, 1871, to March 25th, 1872.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. * From March 26th, 1871, to March 25th, 1872.

-South East District.South "West District.North District.Total.
Number of Houses inspected1412176612944472
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c64704446367114587
Visits to 211 Bakehouses126119177422
Do. 67 Cowhouses85185135405
Do. Ill Slaughter-houses154197143494
Do. Stables and Yards3843114195
Do. Factories and Workshops34916
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c.76132109
Factories,Horse Slaughter-houses,Piggeries, &c., D°- 48 Belle Isle••201• •201
Do. 110 Courts and Alleys29924268254243
Total Inspections, &c113567388640025144
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed208123124
mproved or repaired12324659428
Traps fixed12626852446
CesspoolsAbolished10101535
Cleansed or disinfected. .......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished15121744
Pan and trap only furnished1114' 2146
Water supply furnished553565155
Dust binsConstructed.713626
Repaired and covers adapted1063349
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..314
Relaid93285103481
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided814426
Receptacles repaired and cleansed.2604263365
Water supply provided1214
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired4939194282
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed5267884631777
1 „ ventilated..7613
68519
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued1416
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated8658595739
Houses or Rooms Disinfected5686402231431
Total Improvements1975257519506500
Total Premises Improved8399788222639

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* During the greater part of this period the Inspections, Disinfections, Burnings, &o., in connection with
the Small Pox Epidemic, and the necessary attention to Complaints, engrossed more than the ordinary
time of the Inspectors, to the unavoidable neglect of much other Sanitary work.
N.B.—From the 31st May, 1872, to the 25th March, 1872, the Inspector of Dust Visited 23,484 houses
and found that Dust was required to bo removed from 7,430 of these houses.