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Islington 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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Table No. XI.
Summary of Applications for Removal of Dust from 25th March, 1874 to 25th March, 1875.
| Contractor. | Ward. | Three Months ending 20th June, 1874. | Three Months ending 19th Sep., 1874. | Three Months ending 19th Dec. 1874. | Three Months ending 20th Mar. 1875. | Total during Twelve Months' Contract. | Amount paid to Contractor for whole period. | Inhabited houses Census, 1871. | Number of Applications to every 100 Houses. | Total Applications during previous Twelve Months' Contract. | Number of Applications to ovary 100 Houses during same period. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Messrs. Jackson and Son. | 1 | 1,418 | 474 | 752 | 1,981 | 4,625 | £690 | 4,844 | 95.4 | 3,086 | 63.7 |
| Mr. W. Winn. | 2 | 982 | 305 | 750 | 1,078 | 3,115 | £500 | 3,412 | 91.2 | 1,777 | 52.0 |
| Mr. W. Irons. | 3 | 1,157 | 448 | 467 | 1,347 | 3,419 | £740 | 4,440 | 77.0 | 2,326 | 62.3 |
| Mr. W. T. Williamson. | 4 | 667 | 219 | 467 | 1,135 | 2,588 | £844 | 3,253 | 79.6 | 1,440 | 44.2 |
| Mr. W. Irons. | 674 | 173 | 387 | 863 | 2,097 | £750 | 2,370 | 88.4 | 2,398 | 101.1 | |
| Ditto. | 6 | 623 | 227 | 341 | 742 | 1,933 | 1,997 | 96.7 | 2,388 | 119.5 | |
| Ditto. | 665 | 152 | 167 | 715 | 1,679 | £960 | 3,320 | 50.5 | 2,262 | 68.1 | |
| Ditto. | 8 | 451 | 138 | 176 | 661 | 1,325 | 3,443 | 38.4 | 729 | 21.1 | |
| Totals. | 6,627 | 2,236 | 3,496 | 8,422 | 20.781 | £4,474 | *27,079 | 76.7 | 16,406 | 60.6 | |
| Removals ordered from Reports of the Inspector of Dust and other | 4,013 | 2,649 | 3,034 | 6,749 | 16,345 | ||||||
| Total Removals | 10,640 | 4,785 | 6,530 | 16,171 | 37,126 | ||||||
* The Actual number of inhabited houses during this period was probably about 30,000, the chief additions being to Wards 1 and 3 ; but as I
could not accurately apportion the total increase it seemed better to use the Census numbers tnroughout.