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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 THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF OCTOBER 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF OCTOBER 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox2..1649..31
chicken Pox....48....12
Measles....21221..35
Scarlatina....292914..72
Whooping Cough....4149..27
Croup......22..4
Diarrhoea....1327271079
Dysentery....2I..3
Cholera..............
Ague......2125
Continued Fever....192028..68
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever....1.......1
Rheumatic Fever......2....2
Erysipelas....852..16
Diphtheria..............
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....194865..132
Mumps..............
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh21..19719725828701
Pneumonia....10810..28
Pleurisy....278..17
Delirium Tremens1..1......2
insanity7..9......16
Carbuncle....a.32..5
All other Diseases6183945555681031689
Total96873094310251432945

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

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From October 3rd, 1870, to October 29th. 1870.N

South I East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected10111052263
DrainsConstructed1247
199735
Traps fixed1315432
CesspoolsAbolished3..25
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan. trap, and water supplv furnished ..4..26
Pan and trap onlv furnished....33
Water supply furnished621018
Dust binsConstructed....a...
Repaired and covers adapted4..48 1
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..1..
Relaid316723121
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided..112
Receptacles repaired and cleansed722377
Water supply provided..,,.,..
Other Improve mentsHouses generally repaired....1313
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed18760472114
,, ventilated......
Overcrowding abated....11
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued............
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated795975 |
* The whole of the Slaughter and Cow Houses, and some of the Bake-houses were also inspected durin the mont