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Islington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]
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1934] 62
Summary of Sanitary Work from Inspectors' Reports for the year 1934
| Districts. | Totals | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |||
| House to House Inspections | 237 | 391 | 227 | 208 | 219 | 125 | 185 | 257 | 387 | 236 | 185 | 343 | 165 | 230 | 3395 | |
| Other premises inspected | 223 | 281 | 209 | 459 | 232 | 374 | 190 | 425 | 253 | 278 | 293 | 385 | 284 | 233 | 4119 | |
| Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 2566 | 3678 3090 | 3543 3245 | 3083 | 1923 | 2786 | 2965 | 2874 3073 | 2483 | 3006 | 2656 | 40971 | ||||
| Ice Cream Premises inspected. | — | 47 | 36 | 13 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 199 | |
| Dairies and Milk Purveyors inspected | 13 | 108 | 103 | 43 | 43 | 53 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 66 | 13 | 32 | 16 | 62 | 628 | |
| Stables „ | 18 | 24 | 46 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | l5 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 189 | |
| Yards „ | 29 | 15 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 121 | |
| Agricultural Produce (Grading | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Merchandise Marks Act, 1926 | 4 | 73 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 160 | |
| Urinals attached to P.H.'s inspected | _ | 14 | 78 | 8 | 5 | 4 | _ | 4 | 20 | - | 8 | - | _ | 141 | ||
| Children and Young Persons Acts | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | 4 | 1 | 65 | |
| Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 48 | 64 | |
| Rag and Bone Dealers | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 10 | |
| Rag and Flock Act | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Smoke observations | — | 10 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 14 | — | 5 | — | 3 | 13 | — | 83 | |
| Shops, Stalls and Markets (Saturday evening) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 93 | |
| Total Inspections and Calls | 3108 | 4657 | 3872 | 4319 | 3793 | 3696 | 2391 | 3538 | 3643 | 3529 | 3593 | 3291 | 3505 | 3303 | 50238 | |
| Notices Served. | ||||||||||||||||
| Intimation | Public Health (Lon don) Act, 1891 | 129 | 479 | 252 | 524 | 310 | 432 | 200 | 474 | 491 | 368 | 324 | 363 | 197 | 242 | 4785 |
| Housing Acts | 5 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | — | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 84 | |
| Ice Cream Shops | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 8 | |
| Dairies, etc. | — | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 18 | |
| Statutory | Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 11 | 54 | 13 | 48 | 20 | 81 | 26 | 57 | 60 | 65 | 16 | 30 | 21 | 25 | 527 |
| Housing Acts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| L.C.C. (General Power) Acts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 21 | ||
| Improvements. | ||||||||||||||||
| Drains— Constructed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Re-constructed | 7 | 11 | 3 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | - | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | 71 | |
| Repaired | 20 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 133 | ||
| Ventilated | 13 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 3 | - | — | -_ | 75 | |
| Gully and other traps fixed | 35 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 12 | — | 32 | 10 | 1 | — | - | 149 | |
| Urinals— Water supply—cleansed | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 11 | |
| Water Closets— W.C. erected with pan, trap and water supply | 3 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 5 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | |
| Pan and trap only provided | 55 | 61 | 39 | 52 | 28 | 11 | 25 | 68 | 15 | 74 | 53 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 520 | |
| Flushing apparatus repaired | 19 | 32 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 276 | |
| Ventilated | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | 3 | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | - | 27 | |
| Walls, etc , cleansed | 27 | 65 | 19 | 54 | 17 71 | 18 | 41 | 27 | 95 | 52 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 525 | ||
| Position altered | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | 5 | |
| Dust Bins provided | 22 | 111 | 87 | 169 | 69 | 55 | 41 | 105 | 82 | 90 | 84 | 69 | 26 | 52 | 1062 | |
| Areas paved | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | __- | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 57 | |
| Yards paved or repaved | 16 | 45 | 16 | 43 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 273 | |
| Provided | 51 | 126 | 28 | 56 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 56 | 20 | 92 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 544 | |
| waste pipe repaired | 42 | 52 | 17 | 66 | 58 | 81 | 27 | 72 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 533 | |
| Domestic Water Supply— "Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 4 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 84 | |
| Water supply provided to dwelling house | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Water supply provided to tene ment house | 11 | 39 | 8 | 36 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 200 | |
| Walls and ceilings of Rooms cleansed and redecorated | 135 | 422 | 161 | 451 | 247 | 531 | 127 | 392 | 339 | 326 | 332 | 323 | 75 | 205 | 4066 | |