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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 UNDER TREATMENT DURING T1IE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 1st DAY OF OCTOBER 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING T1IE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 1st DAY OF OCTOBER 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....94..13
Chicken Pox....296..17
Measles....53236..53
Scarlatina....195113..83
Whooping Cough1..3..6..12
Croup. ...2..1..3
Diarrhoea6..41734331194
Dysentery....121..4
Cholera............
Ague2..113337
Continued Fever3...932..77
Influenza............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever....124..7
Erysipelas2..1018 3..21
Diphtheria......46..3
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....28541129
Mumps....1..1..2
Pyaemia.....,........
Bronchitis and Catarrh19..12716723641590
Pneumonia....432..9
Pleurisy..3117..21
Delirium Tremens1..........1
Insanity7..8......15
Carbuncle....312..6
All other Diseases78185467358191382334
Total11920823116612592143601

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From August 29th, 1870, to October 1st, 1870.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From August 29th, 1870, to October 1st, 1870.

South East District.South "West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected11921595429
DrainsConstructed22
Improved or repaired78823
Traps fixed36119
CesspoolsAbolished....22
Cleansed or disinfected. ...11
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished1..23
Pan and trap only furnished....33
Water supply furnished1337
Dust binsConstructed,,112
Repaired and covers adapted....55
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed....11
Relaid16310
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided........
Receptacles repaired and cleansed107..17
Water supply provided•-......
Other Improve mentshouse generally repaired311115
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed1951135
,, ventilated........
Overcrowding abated3..14
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued........
Other Amendments, or Nuisanceg abated153238