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Islington 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1907
Table W.
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.
Table showing the Number of Persons using the Swimming Baths Private Baths, and the Washhouses during 1907.
| Bathers. | Caledonian Road. | Hornsey Road. | Essex Road. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public. | 1st class | Males | 11,177 | 42,151 | 13,913 | 67,241 |
| Females | 889 | 12,678 | 2,781 | 16,348 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 24,741 | 25,994 | 20,701 | 714,36 | |
| Females | 2,459 | 6,301 | 4,049 | 12,809 | ||
| Schools. | 1st class | Boys | … | 5,965 | 636 | 6,601 |
| Girls | ... | 2,401 | ... | 2,401 | ||
| 2nd class | Boys | 41,143 | 41,731 | 47,126 | 130,000 | |
| Girls | 22,841 | 19,601 | 22,390 | 64,832 | ||
| Totals | 103,250 | 156,822 | 111,596 | 371,658 | ||
| Private (Slipper Baths.) | ||||||
| 1st class | Males | 18,683 | 31,514 | 19,364 | 69,561 | |
| Females | 1,205 | 4,285 | 2,046 | 7,536 | ||
| 2nd class | Males | 54,719 | 49,733 | 54,118 | 158,570 | |
| Females | 15,633 | 20,894 | 22,026 | 58,553 | ||
| Totals | 90,240 | 106,426 | 97,554 | 294,220 | ||
| Washhouses. | ||||||
| Washers | 32,351 | 28,739 | 46,256 | 107,346 | ||
| Total Persons using the Establishments. | ||||||
| Total persons using each establishment in 1907 | 225,841 | 291,987 | 255,406 | 773,234 | ||
* (a) For overcrowding. †b) For other conditions.
‡No Register now kept under new By-Laws.
Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 4700
Overcrowding, 1907.
Number of dwelling rooms overcrowded 166
Number remedied 166
Number of prosecutions —
Underground rooms—
Illegal occupation dealt with during year 25
Number of rooms closed 25
Insanitary houses—
Number closed under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 —
Number closed under the Housing of the Working Classes Act —
Number of premises cleansed under Sec. 20 of the L.C.C. (General
Powers) Act, 1904 135