Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington.

  • Islington (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1922
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Credit: Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1921] 34 showing the summary of Sanitary Work from District Inspectors' Reports for the year 1921. Districts. Totals 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 House to House Inspections 76 8 62 57 20 89 73 12 64 71 47 14 10 27 630 Other premises inspected 539 875 394 818 394 512 614 697 538 752 759 695 718 482 8787 Re-inspections, Calls made, etc. 3337 3064 3663 3571 3893 3358 3995 4300 3184 3192 3538 4874 3400 3204 50573 Ice Cream Factories inspected — — 6 26 — 5 1 — — 9 11 2 2 — 62 Dairies and Milkshops ,, 59 9 76 85 38 14 23 54 15 24 32 10 17 12 468 Stables ,, 17 4 12 32 52 3 22 3 — 9 1 1 14 15 185 Yards „ 83 50 236 78 20 2 96 2 18 1 17 2 30 8 643 Manure Depots „ 51 — — 20 1 — - — — — — — 1 — 73 Vacant land, Passages and Courts inspected 7 - 2 1 - 1 16 1 - 3 3 - 14 3 53 Urinals attached to P.H.'s in spected 13 25 68 12 188 6 15 - 1 2 4 1 - 8 343 Premises (re Certificate Cus toms and Inland Revenue Acts) inspected 2 - - - 14 - - 5 - - - - - - 21 Premises (re Water Certificates) inspected - - 63 1 14 - 1 43 - - - - - 56 178 Visits re Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 32 21 14 33 23 - 21 22 - - - - 20 18 204 Smoke observations — 6 3 5 5 18 5 — 12 9 7 11 3 - 84 Shops, Stalls and Markets (Sat urday evening) 2 2 3 2 4 2 4 3 4 4 3 5 3 2 43 Total Inspections and Calls 4218 4064 4602 4741 4668 4010 4886 5142 3836 4076 4422 5615 4232 3835 62347 Notices Served. Intimation Personally 181 6 7 5 72 38 13 65 163 68 130 22 12 94 876 By Post 5 416 — 542 — 268 385 349 261 391 220 266 241 153 3497 Statutory Personally 8 — — 8 11 — 1 2 2 6 15 6 — 20 79 By Post 36 — 3 51 16 146 43 33 62 1 2 12 — 50 455 Improvements. Drains— Constructed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Reconstructed 6 7 8 15 7 14 2 14 — 7 5 1 25 9 120 Repaired 25 20 14 36 16 22 31 22 12 29 28 13 37 29 334 Ventilated 3 22 3 17 9 3 6 4 3 10 9 1 24 6 120 Gully and other traps fixed 45 73 32 72 36 12 53 41 30 9 28 1 115 29 576 Urinals— Water supplied, cleansed — — 6 1 — 1 1 — 2 — 1 — — — 12 Cesspools—Abolished — - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Closet— W.C. erected with pan, trap and Water Supply 1 - - 1 - - - - 2 - 1 1 - 1 7 Pan and trap only provided 19 58 17 46 19 41 25 31 18 19 55 7 50 31 436 Water supply piovided 49 57 16 53 54 31 54 37 73 29 34 65 47 56 655 Ventilated — 1 3 2 — — — 1 — 1 1 2 1 1 13 Position altered — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 2 Dust Bins Provided 133 136 70 192 74 97 182 181 75 162 129 183 54 108 1776 Repaired 1 1 — — 8 2 7 1 2 2 8 — — 2 34 Areas—Constructed - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Yards. Paved — — 4 — — 2 3 10 — — 3 — — — 22 Repaved 28 33 9 70 27 47 42 14 37 28 58 38 30 41 502 Sinks—Provided 14 12 3 9 1 — 3 5 7 2 9 — 7 6 78 Domestic Water Supply Cisterns provided - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 Cisterns repaired & cleansed 24 46 31 37 14 26 29 11 21 17 31 14 9 23 333 Water supply provided to dwelling house 9 8 9 8 5 1 6 6 4 5 3 2 9 3 78 Water supply provided to tene ment house 11 2 2 5 - - 10 1 12 2 3 6 - 2 56 Other improvements— Rooms cleansed & limewashed 133 184 281 551 366 568 531 303 519 319 756 718 276 395 5900 Walls and passages repaired, cleansed and limewashed 52 55 90 180 67 128 74 74 154 103 193 185 94 143 1592 Floor space ventilated 6 2 7 8 2 3 2 — 15 4 28 1 4 1 83 Floors repaired 26 34 27 67 11 29 15 22 66 41 57 72 58 43 568 Roofs repaired 100 110 76 162 87 110 171 116 121 91 182 196 93 104 1719 Overcrowding abated — — — 1 — — 1 1 — — 1 — 1 1 6 Illegal use of underground rooms for sleeping discontinued - - - 2 - - 1 - - - - - - - 3 Other improvements, or Nuis ances abated 178 170 84 252 114 167 144 102 272 206 321 178 159 217 2564 Rooms Disinfected 219 312 226 219 142 33 118 7 22 25 3 52 283 211 1872 Total improvements 1082 1343 1018 2007 1059 1337 1511 1004 1467 1111 1947 1736 1376 1464 19462 Total premises improved 578 696 489 797 399 444 615 404 402 424 602 609 563 577 7599