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, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1907]
Table CXXII.
DISTRICTS. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
House to House Inspections | 92 | 12 | 64 | 56 | 10 | 382 | 188 | 44 | 32 | 184 | 423 | 98 | 27 | 84 | 1696 |
Other inspections of dwelling houses | 183 | 321 | 813 | 212 | 239 | 1101 | 223 | 316 | 408 | 1285 | 710 | 585 | 738 | 560 | 7694 |
Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. | 4770 | 4414 | 3003 | 3077 | 3841 | 2941 | 5237 | 5802 | 3611 | 4742 | 6017 | 4085 | 4880 | 5783 | 62203 |
Total Visits | 5045 | 4747 | 3880 | 3345 | 4090 | 4424 | 5648 | 6162 | 4051 | 6211 | 7150 | 4768 | 5645 | 6427 | 71593 |
Visits to Ice Cream Factories | 24 | 5 | 15 | 39 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 58 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 242 |
,, Dairies and Milkshops | 118 | 135 | 74 | 165 | 126 | 127 | 195 | 57 | 179 | 154 | 127 | 450 | 180 | 58 | 2145 |
,, Stables and Yards | 50 | 117 | 1419 | 453 | 514 | 1056 | 104 | 63 | 107 | 382 | 8 | 704 | 388 | 202 | 5567 |
,, Manure Depots | 29 | 14 | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 67 | |
,, Workshops, with respect to drains | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 28 | 32 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 343 | .. | 1 | 411 |
,, Under Customs and Inland Revenue Acts | 55 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | 95 |
10 | .. | 8 | .. | . . | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 66 | 2 | .. | 90 | |
,, Under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts | 50 | 43 | 50 | 3 | 36 | 51 | 46 | 40 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 47 | 40 | 34 | 582 |
Registered Lodging Houses | . . | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 |
Smoke observations | 5 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 283 | 105 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 138 | 82 | 103 | 11 | .. | 825 |
Dust Removals ordered | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
All Inspections, visits, etc | 5386 | 5068 | 5482 | 4055 | 5068 | 5807 | 6071 | 6342 | 4406 | 6992 | 7434 | 6496 | 6278 | 6743 | 81628 |
Notices Served. | |||||||||||||||
Intimation — | |||||||||||||||
Personally | 179 | 177 | 197 | 167 | 120 | 148 | 296 | 177 | 202 | 266 | 429 | 307 | 271 | 402 | 3338 |
By Post | 1 | 4 | 3 | 54 | 9 | . . | 4 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 118 | ||||
Statutory— | |||||||||||||||
Personally | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | 12 | . . | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 91 |
By Post | 5 | 16 | .. | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 9 | 37 | 11 | 25 | 162 |
Improvements. | |||||||||||||||
Drains- | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | 67 | 76 | 32 | 22 | 42 | 55 | 93 | 77 | 35 | 58 | 24 | 58 | 24 | 83 | 746 |
Improved or repaired | 14 | 21 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 74 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 65 | 30 | 106 | 32 | 513 |
Traps fixed | 316 | 341 | 270 | 72 | 216 | 375 | 582 | 384 | 417 | 222 | 79 | 291 | 241 | 258 | 4064 |
Cesspools— | |||||||||||||||
Abolished | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
Cleansed or disinfected | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 12 |
Water Closets— | |||||||||||||||
Pan, trap and water supply furnished | 136 | 24 | 103 | 1 | 16 | 37 | 28 | 24 | 25 | 47 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 525 |
Pan and trap only furnished | 3 | 93 | 52 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 159 | 105 | 46 | 62 | 41 | 134 | 81 | 111 | 1031 |
Water supply furnished | 7 | 13 | 51 | 14 | 21 | 49 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 23 | 177 | 40 | 58 | 36 | 553 |
Dust Bins— | |||||||||||||||
Provided | 57 | 41 | 20 | 34 | 12 | 92 | 73 | 35 | 46 | 79 | 87 | 113 | 138 | 101 | 928 |
Repaired | .. | .. | 69 | .. | 7 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | 8 | 117 |
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards— | |||||||||||||||
Constructed | .. | 3 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 44 | 9 | 44 | 96 | 77 | 26 | 22 | 432 |
Relaid | 35 | 71 | 80 | 31 | 47 | 89 | 108 | 43 | 47 | 32 | 88 | 22 | 158 | 167 | 1018 |
Domestic Water Supply— | |||||||||||||||
New Cisterns provided | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 3 | 14 | 8 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .. | 1 | 52 |
Cisterns repaired and cleansed | 22 | 7 | 45 | 31 | 14 | 112 | 34 | 7 | 16 | 46 | 34 | 140 | 41 | 73 | 622 |
Water Supply provided | 80 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 105 | 34 | 27 | 16 | 379 |
Other Improvements— | |||||||||||||||
Houses generally repaired | .. | 19 | 20 | 47 | 6 | 130 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 18 | 134 | 139 | 18 | 33 | 626 |
,, etc., cleansed or lime-washed | 2 | 18 | 101 | 43 | 17 | 144 | 26 | 4 | 47 | 42 | 128 | 198 | 71 | 86 | 927 |
,, ventilated | .. | .. | 14 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 164 | ||
Overcrowding abated | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 25 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 84 |
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 22 |
Other Improvements, or Nuisances abated | 233 | 454 | 139 | 225 | 191 | 1229 | 300 | 291 | 214 | 381 | 1118 | 1702 | 526 | 1072 | 8075 |
Rooms Disinfected | 154 | 121 | 177 | 109 | 190 | 130 | 109 | 208 | 94 | 152 | 138 | 167 | 90 | 179 | 2018 |
Total Improvements | 1129 | 1322 | 1249 | 725 | 856 | 2623 | 1712 | 1292 | 1163 | 1274 | 2341 | 3245 | 1641 | 2352 | 22924 |
Total Premises Improved .. | 346 | 193 | 255 | 269 | 266 | 748 | 417 | 262 | 528 | 435 | 690 | 449 | 568 | 612 | 6038 |