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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 1878

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

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Table: TABLE VI.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From March 25th, 1878, to March 25th, 1879.

TABLE VI.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From March 25th, 1878, to March 25th, 1879.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of Houses inspected1,0419889472,976
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c.2,9852,5722,7938,350
Visits to 231 Bakehouses243230245718
Do. 62 Cowhouses139155154448
Do. 93 Slaughter-houses144131126401
Do. Stables and yards963525156
Do. Factories and Workshops28...533
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c.7717110204
Do. 32 Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses, Piggeries, &c., Belle Isle...190...190
Total Inspections, &c.4,7534,3184,40513,476
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed15341564
Improved or repaired649289245
Traps fixed63128127318
CesspoolsAbolished...3710
Cleansed or disinfected............
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, Trap and water supply furnished1101526
Pan and trap only furnished1213429
Water supply furnished12202456
Dust BinsConstructed1131226
Repaired and covers adapted1191333
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards.Constructed...3326
Relaid123133128384
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided43512
Receptacles repaired and cleansed...61622
Water supply provided.7...512
Other improvementsHouses generally repaired1396832239
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed220205102527
„ ventilated............
Overcrowding abated.......107926
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued3126
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated477475196
Houses or Rooms Disinfected264287305856
Total improvements1,0061,0991,0083,113
Total Premises Improved......5245204541,498

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N.B.—From the 25th March, 1878, to the 25th March, 1879, the Inspector of Dust visited
18,712 houses, and found that Dust was required to be removed from 6,283 of these houses.