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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 OP DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 27th DAY OF AUGUST 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OP DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 27th DAY OF AUGUST 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Pauper6.Hollo way Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....615..12
Chicken Pox..... .85..13
Measles....182820,.66
Scarlatina....122017..49
Whooping Cough......5211..18
Croup........1..1
Diarrhoea18..10813715143457
....11..2
Cholera..............
Ague....1..1423
Continued FeverM..1225..51
Influenza. .............
Puerperal Fever....1......1
Rheumatic Fever. .... ,12..3
Erysipelas....327..12
Diphtheria..............
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....152538179
Mumps....1......1
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh10..504717517299
Pneumonia....433..10
Pleurisy....163..10
Delirium Tremens....11....2
Insanity4..6........10
Carbuncle......3..3
All other Diseases8212449584610901827
Total1141269389110661532929

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From July 31st, 1870, to August 27th, 1870.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From July 31st, 1870, to August 27th, 1870.

South East District.south District.North District.Total.
Number of bouses inspected727975226
DrainsConstructed1214
Improved or repaired1414230
Traps fixed238334
CesspoolsAbolished2....2
Cleansed or disinfected....11
Privies and Water ClosetsPan. trap, and water supply furnished31..4
Pan and trap only furnished..8. .8
Water supply furnished82..10
Dust binsConstructed24. .6
Repaired and covers adapted21..3
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed. .1. .1
Relaid126220
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided31..4
Receptacles repaired and cleansed1624. .40
Water supply provided....22
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired2147
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed4243691
„ ventilated....... .
Overcrowding abated2. .. .2
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued11..2
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated942942