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Islington 1884

[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 EFFECTEDFrom March 25th, 1884, to March 25th, 1885.

TABLE No. VI.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED

From March 25th, 1884, to March 25th, 1885.

South East District.South West District.North East District.North Wes' District.Total.
Number of Houses inspected1509123311399324813
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c461445744204264716039
Visits to 242 Bakehouses1051269868397
Do. 41 Cowhoses38485010146
Do. 78 Slaughter-houses78808213253
Do. Stables and Yards64319511201
Do. Factories and Workshops2327
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c135286323249
Do. 32 Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses, Pig- 1 geries, &c., Belle Isle..1351136
Total Inspections, &c654562585734370422241
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed48341428124
Improved or repaired1089210954363
Traps fixed256185156261858
CesspoolsAbolished6219
Cleansed or disinfected......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, Trap & water supply furnished1212832
Pan and trap only furnished294031284
Water supply furnished74602038192
Dust BinsConstructed281091865
Repaired and covers adapted47124770
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed1321011038344
Relaid18314411411452
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided4515276')
Receptacles repaired and cleansed25254576171
Water supply provided40136361
Other improvementsHouses greenlly repaid383340126
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed6113252131376
„ ventilated..48113
Overcrowding abated17351338
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued....235
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated813749222389
Houses of Rooms disinfected4104054622131490
Total improvements15791358119911955331
Total Premises Improved......6595164836742332

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N.B.—From the 25th March, 1884, to the 25th March, 1885, the Inspector of Dust visited 23,508
houses, and found that Dust was required to be removed from 8,775 of these houses.