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Islington 1870

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

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDEIR TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WFEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDEIR TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WFEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF APRIL, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....3......3
Chicken Pox......38..11
Measles....32517..54
Scarlatina....24156..45
whooping Cough2..82523..58
Croup......23..5
Disrrhœa10..203624..110
Dysentery....15....6
Dysntery..............
Cholera..............
Ague1....27..10
Continued Fever,,............
Influenza....1......1
Puerperal fever......24..6
Reumatic Fever1..755..18
Erysipelas......1....1
Diphtheria1..151653..85
Sorthroat or Tonsillitis....1......1
Mumps..............
Pyæmia421312280297..998
Bronchitis and Catarrh..1427..14
Pneumonia....587..20
Pleurisy....2......2
Delirium Tremens7..4..1..12
Insanity........3..3
Carbuncle99275347598562622537
All other Disesases16329973116613213484000

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From February. 28th, 1870, to March, 26th, 1870.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From February. 28th, 1870, to March, 26th, 1870.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
*Number of houses inspected15219231375
DrainsConstructed42..6
Improved or repaired2628660
Traps fixed29151963
CesspoolsAbolished3....3
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and WaterClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished4....4
Pan and trap only furnished2..13
Water supply furnisbed1391436
Dust binsConstructed..112
Repaired and covers adapted64313
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Relaid3216149
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided31..4
Receptacles repaired and cleansed616..67
Water supply provided..5..5
Other Improve-mentsHouses generally repaired104..14
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed691436119
,, ventilated..1..1
Overcrowding abated..426
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..4..4
Other Amendments1011122
*The Bakehouses, Cowhouses, and Slaughterhouses were also inspected.