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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 1880

[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, 1880, to March 25th, 1881.

TABLE VI.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,

From March 25th, 1880, to March 25th, 1881.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
103810749053017
Re-inspection, Calls made, &c3106299628648966
Visits to 48 Cowhouses89127126342
Do. 88 Slaughter-houses133116112361
Do. Stables and Yards1621365240
Do. Factories and Workshops38...543
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c.361075121
Do. 32 Factories, Horse Slaughter-house?, Piggeries, &c., Belle Isle...155...155
Total Inspection, &c461 24491415213245
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed51222497
Improved or repaired1699092341
Traps fixed189126151466
CesspoolsAbolished17311
Cleansed or disinfected............
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, Trap & water supply furnished...41620
Pan and trap only furnished2063891
Water supply furnished139524132
Dust BinsConstructed621523
Repaired and covers adapted......1616
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed913950170
Relaid1429998339
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided42611
Receptacles repaired and cleansed343239
Water supply provided62210
Other improvementsHouses generally repaired602946135
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed7 656117239
„ ventilated......22
Overcrowding abated910928
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued............
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated893174194
Houses or Rooms disinfected249304220773
Total improvements116898510043157
Total Premises Improved5683704101348

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N.B.—From the 26th March, 1880, to the 25th March, 1881, the Inspector of Dust visited
22,661 houses, and found that Dust was required to be removed from 7,927 of these houses.