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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 1889

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

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Table: TABLE No. VII.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED From Mar oh 25th, 1889, to March 25 th, 1890.

TABLE No. VII.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED From Mar oh 25th, 1889, to March 25 th, 1890.

Inspections, &c.Islingtn North.Islingtn West.Islingtn South.Islingtn East.Total.
Two Dist.Two Dist.Two Dist.Two Dist.
Number of Houses inspected13861392134415565678
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c707380407939689529947
Visits to 240 Bakehouses226279144207856
Do. 38 Cowhouses34491166160
Do. 75 Slaughter-houses66724286266
Do. Stables and Yards2685116160543
Do. Factories and Workshops531...9
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c6523130128
Do. 20 Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses, Pig-geries, &c., Belle Isle193......94
Total Inspections, &c912499819676890037681
IMPROVEMENTS.
DrainsConstructed10976527199
Improved or repaired235285213194927
Traps fixed4456527133712181
CesspoolsAbolished7126429
Cleansed or disinfected..4......4
Privies and Water ClosetsPan,Trap and water supply furnished187311124226
Pan and Trap only furnished29523473188
Water subdIv furnished64207990253
Dust BinsConstructed20296814131
Repaired and covers adapted65875137240
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed2636918583663
Relaid2693092082251011
General Water Supply("New receptacles provided421361576
Receptacles repaired and cleansed49506686251
[Water supply provided7851131
Other improvementsHouses generally repaired44229214172
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed141262253256912
,, ventilated1934834
Overcrowding abated231111449
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued...6...17
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated5653232522361376
Houses or Rooms disinfected415225131177948
Total Improvements24552920258319509908
Total Premises Improved8488017005622911