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 XV.
SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK FROM INSPECTORS' REPORTS. From 4th January, 1892, to 31st December, 1892.
Inspections, &c. | Islngtn. | Nth. | Islngtn. | Sth. | Islngtn. | East | Islngtn. | West | Total. | Total for 1891 | |
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No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 1. | No. 2 | No. 1 | No. 2 | ||||
1043 | 1261 | 933 | 2078 | 1061 | 1422 | 972 | 1636 | 10406 | 6801 | ||
Re-inspections, Calls made, &c. | 5322 | 6944 | 4486 | 7724 | 5196 | 4923 | 3252 | 7086 | 44933 | 34058 | |
Visits to 227 Bakehouses | .. | 38 | 31 | 20 | 38 | 27 | 37 | 53 | 244 | 395 | |
Do. 31 Cowhouses | .. | 13 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 14 | 38 | 126 | 146 | |
Do. 62 Slaughter-houses | .. | 14 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 32 | 14 | 39 | 162 | 234 | |
Do. Stables and yard | 3 | 2 | 71 | 90 | 169 | 48 | 50 | 447 | 880 | 676 | |
Do. Courts, &c. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 28 | .. | .. | 31 | 59 | |
Do. Factories and Workshops | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 23 | .. | 21 | 7 | 57 | 17 | |
Do. Fields, Lanes, &c. | .. | .. | 1 | 30 | 69 | 43 | .. | 6 | 149 | 137 | |
Do. Factories, Horse Slaughter-houses,) Piggeries, &c., Belle Isle | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | .. | 2 | 319 | 333 | 392 | |
Do. under "Sale of Food & Drugs Acts" | 55 | 38 | 63 | 50 | 11 | 48 | 36 | 59 | 360 | 193 | |
Dust Removals Ordered | 12 | 49 | 6 | 64 | 91 | 110 | 46 | 370 | 748 | 762 | |
Registered Lodging Houses | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 27 | .. | 59 | 241 | 357 | 1189 | |
Total Inspections, &c. | 6435 | 8359 | 5617 | 10125 | 6730 | 6716 | 4503 | 10301 | 58786 | 45059 | |
IMPROVEMENTS. | |||||||||||
Drains | Constructed | 13 | 53 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 102 | 293 | 1 77 |
Improved or repaired | 180 | 322 | 107 | 88 | 198 | 166 | 77 | 103 | 1241 | 1005 | |
Traps fixed | 393 | 758 | 348 | 229 | 394 | 365 | 396 | 487 | 3370 | 2342 | |
Cesspools | Abolished | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 13 | .. | 21 | 7 |
Cleansed or disinfected | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Privies and Water Closets | Pan, Trap and water supply furnished | 88 | 192 | 16 | 63 | .. | 55 | 96 | 228 | 738 | 271 |
Pan & Trap only furnished. | 76 | 58 | 39 | 58 | 122 | 46 | 11 | 21 | 434 | 345 | |
Water supply furnished | 71 | 144 | 58 | 60 | 100 | 57 | 31 | 60 | 581 | 374 | |
Dust Bins | Constructed | 24 | 41 | 15 | 6 | 51 | 25 | 15 | 33 | 210 | 88 |
Repaired and covers adapted | 23 | 94 | 29 | 14 | 56 | 12 | 43 | 42 | 313 | 240 | |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards. | Constructed | 35 | 25 | 71 | 109 | 10 | 107 | 53 | 57 | 467 | 351 |
Relaid | 127 | 327 | 135 | 118 | 302 | 271 | 55 | 178 | 1513 | 1405 | |
General Water Supply | New receptacles provided | 42 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 143 | 90 |
Receptacles repaired & cleansd | 83 | 196 | 27 | 34 | 44 | 70 | 711 | 65 | 590 | 331 | |
Water supply provided | 28 | 14 | .. | 19 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 131 | 94 | |
Other improvements | Houses generally repaired | 50 | 339 | .. | .. | 27 | 15 | 63 | 73 | 567 | 215 |
„ &c., cleansed or limewshd. | 85 | 430 | 207 | 383 | 57 | 69 | 330 | 217 | 1778 | 1068 | |
„ ventilated | 92 | 139 | 66 | 32 | .. | 77 | 76 | 185 | 667 | 398 | |
Overcrowding abated | .. | 48 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 146 | 57 | |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated | 576 | 1045 | 311 | 266 | 387 | 264 | 516 | 1391 | 4750 | 3425 | |
Room lisinfected | 189 | 290 | 211 | 161 | 282 | 260 | 188 | 284 | 1865 | 1271 | |
Total Improvements | 2176 | 4526 | 1699 | 1702 | 2077 | 1916 | 2098 | 3636 | 20330 | 13555 | |
Total Premises Improved | 347 | 778 | 504 | 673 | 60l| | 477 | 487 | 1134 | 5001 | 3382 |