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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 1882

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

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Table: TABLE No. VI.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED From March 25th, 18S2, to March 25th, 1883.

TABLE No. VI.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED From March 25th, 18S2, to March 25th, 1883.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of Houses Inspected1129111010353274
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c.3161361028139584
Visits to 48 Cowhouses668465215
Do. 84 Slaughter-houses131137101369
Do. Stables and Yards1481462214
Do. Factories and Workshops152219
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c.13236298
Do. 32 Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses, Piggeries, &c., Belle Isle...245...245
Total Inspections, Ac.46635225413014018
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed606618134
Improved or repaired14710489340
Traps fixed226250155631
CesspoolsAbolished26311
Cleansed or disinfected............
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, Trap & water supply furnished171826
Pan and trap only furnished8322060
Water supply furnished18181854
Dust BinsConstructed5141029
Repaired and covers adapted...61521
Surface Drains and Pavemonts of YardsConstructed116126593c0
Relaid164221108493
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided103215
Receptacles repaired and cleansed11322568
Water supply provided64717
Other improvementsHouses generally repaired432443110
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed7397111281
„ ventilated...1...1
Overcrowding abated1115632
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued19111
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated1044075219
Houses or Rooms disinfected195307278780
Total improvements1190138210613633
Total Premises Improved5254854441454

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N.B.—From the 25th March, 1882, to the 25th March, 1883, the Inspector of Dust visited
23,000 houses, and found that Dust was required to be removed from 8,338 of these houses.