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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 1876

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

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TABLE No. XII.

Table: HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From March 26th, 1877, to March 23rd, 1878.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From March 26th, 1877, to March 23rd, 1878.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of Houses inspected1,1979889023,087
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c.2,9733,3343,1289,435
Visits to 212 Bakehouses229197184610
Do. 65 Cowhouses117127127371
Do. 92 Slaughter-houses143116104363
Do. Stables and yards521737106
Do. Factories and Workshops6...410
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c.4322112177
Do. 32 Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses, Piggeries, &c., Belle Isle...109...109
Total Inspections, &c.4,7604,9104,59814,268
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed37431696
Improved or repaired12069103292
Traps fixed146191102439
CesspoolsAbolished1416
Cleansed or disinfected............
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, Trap and water supply furnished1192242
Pan and trap only furnished1714435
Water supply furnished12142046
Dust BinsConstructed442331
Repaired and covers adapted515626
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards.Constructed...81220
Relaid177137103417
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided...6612
Receptacles repaired and cleansed952438
Water supply provided81312
Other ImprovementsHouse generally repaired1023634172
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed185139112436
„ ventilated...3...3
Overcrowding abated188834
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued...112
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated5761149267
Houses or Rooms Disinfected2415845671,392
Total Improvements1,1401,3621,3163,818
Total Premises Improved5675595401,666

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N.B.—From the 26th March, 1877, to the 23rd March, 1878, the Inspector of Dust visited
19,612 houses, and found that Dust was required to be removed from 7,350 these houses.