Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE No. VI.
Inspections, &c. | Islington North. | Islington West. | Islington South. | Islington East. | Total. | |
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Two Dist. | Two Dist. | Two Dist. | Two Dist. | |||
Number of Houses inspected | 1443 | 1523 | 1405 | 1068 | 5439 | |
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c | 6702 | 8040 | 10463 | 9202 | 54407 | |
Visits to 247 Bakehouses | 126 | 117 | 198 | 118 | 559 | |
Do. 37 Cowhouses | 22 | 37 | 36 | 51 | 146 | |
Do. 77 Slaughter-houses | 42 | 71 | 82 | 108 | 303 | |
Do. Stables and Yards | 41 | 18 | 63 | 46 | 168 | |
Do. Factories and Workshops | 1 | ... | 7 | 11 | 19 | |
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c | 33 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 68 | |
Do. 20 Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses, Pig geries, &c., Belle Isle | ... | 217 | ... | ... | 217 | |
Total Inspections, &c | 8410 | 10029 | 12261 | 10626 | 41326 | |
IMPROVEMENTS. | ||||||
Drains | Constructed | 16 | 70 | 126 | 91 | 303 |
Improved or repaired | 120 | 232 | 249 | 139 | 740 | |
Traps fixed | 881 | 966 | 1082 | 867 | 3796 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 7 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 45 |
Cleansed or disinfected | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, Trap and water supply furnished | 10 | 33 | 27 | 72 | 142 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 17 | 108 | 81 | 98 | 304 | |
Water supply furnished | 113 | 139 | 89 | 76 | 417 | |
Dust Bins | Constructed | 66 | 82 | 59 | 79 | 286 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 163 | 134 | 105 | 116 | 518 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 47 | 232 | 164 | 316 | 760 |
Relaid | 110 | 430 | 495 | 286 | 1321 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | 8 | 30 | 45 | 36 | 119 |
Receptacles repaired and cleansed | 70 | 147 | 73 | 101 | 391 | |
Water supply provided | 28 | 13 | 23 | 12 | 76 | |
Otheriniprovemeuts | Houses generally repaired | 32 | 45 | 68 | 88 | 233 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed. | 348 | 342 | 251 | 190 | 1131 | |
„ ventilated | 10 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 39 | |
6 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 46 | ||
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 915 | 389 | 859 | 598 | 2761 | |
Houses or Rooms disinfected | 114 | 117 | 155 | 80 | 466 | |
Total improvements | 3082 | 3537 | 3993 | 3284 | 13896 | |
Total Premises Improved | 1032 | 807 | 792 | 580 | 3211 |