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Islington 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLEII.NEW CARES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WKEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF JANUARY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLEII.

NEW CARES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WKEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF JANUARY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

V0rkh0use.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small POx....104....14
Chicken Pox..11..4..6
Measles....24117..42
Scarlatina....1289..29
Whooping Cough....81622..46
Croup........2..2
Diarrhœa7..161522..111
Dysentery....13....4
Cholera..............
Ague......1....1
Continued Fever5..*12157..39
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatie Fever......22..4
Erysipelas1..676..20
Diphteria......2....2
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis1..82654..89
Mumps....2..2..4
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh36..24722525486848
Pneumonia....837..18
Pleurisy....444..12
DElirium Tremens..............
Insanity8..8..1..17
Carbuncle1..312..7
All other Diseases73243915596553162018
Total1322576189210704533333
*Four of these cases were "Relapsing Fever."

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From January 3rd, 1870, to January, 29, 1870.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From January 3rd, 1870, to January, 29, 1870.

South East District.South "West District.North District.Total
Number of houses inspected142243138523
DrainsConstructed..437
Improved or repaired1136350
Traps fixed5211238
CesspoolsAbolished, ,......
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished ..2114
Pan and trap only furnished1315
Water supply furnished161421
Dust binsConstructed..224
repaired and covers adapted..167
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..145
Relaid623..29
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided....1I
Receptacles repaired and cleansed3816458
Water supply provided....11
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired..22426
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed534125119
Ventilated..3..3
Overcrowding abated57..12
Illegal Use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..7..7
Other Amendments771125