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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 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1907]

Table: TABLE CXX1II.— continued.

TABLE CXX1II.— continued.

NUISANCES.QUARTERS.
1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.The Year.
34.An accumulation or deposit of refuse injurious to health, by reason of the want of a proper dustbin or ashpit31443941155
35.The dustbin or ashpit defective145157154224680
36.,, ,, placed in an improper position3238
37.The drain foul18916649
38.„ defective228185151169733
39choked or stopped55495139194
40.,, un ventilated64646455247
41.The rain-water pipe in direct communication with the drain63575057227
42.,, ,, in direct communication with the soil-pipe..282618
43.,, ,, defective32503941162
44.The water supply used for domestic purposes connected with the cistern which is used for flushing the W.C.....1..1
45.The house without a proper water supply151618756
46.The roof defective80636361267
47.The guttering defective43363634149
48.The area improperly paved ..38121134
49.,, dirty22318
50.,, undrained2..316
51.The paving of the washhouse defective55303416135
52.The back addition walls defective..........
53.The want of a proper manure receptacle8161..25
54.The bakehouse walls dirty..........
55.An animal kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance147112052
56.The house or part of a house so overcrowded as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates2134172698
57.An underground room occupied as a dwelling contrary to the provisions of the Act3....14
58.A tent, van, shed or similar structure used for human habitation which is in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates1......1
59.The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being unventilated425111050
60.The space below floor in the basement or ground floor being improperly or insufficiently ventilated191614857
All Nuisances2,4792,5552,2702,1539,457

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N.B—In addition to the above work, four of these Inspectors in rotation visit premises where
food is sold on Saturday evenings, and as each visits on an average 30 shops it is estimated that
during the year 6,240 visits were made.