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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 IINEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Hollo way Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pen ton vi lie 'Jonvict PrisonTotal
Small Pox1..23102..36
Chicken Pox....329..14
Measles....2217..21
Scarlatina....204120..81
Whooping Cough....5911..25
Croup......12..3
Diarrhoea1..1620161669
Dysentery........1..1
Cholera..............
Ague..........22
Continued Fever1..111514..43
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever....1......1
Rheumatic Fever....2I36
Erysipelas3..1035..211
Diphtheria.........,
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....223342..97
Mumps....3..3..6
Pyaemia........
Bronchitis and Catarrh17..23523929249832
Pneumonia....458..17
Pleurisy....195..15
Delirium Tremens......1....1
Insanity3..5..8
Carbuncle....2..13
All other Diseases4711398517562691594
Total731376390810131262896

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From October 31st, 1870, to November 26th, 1870.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From October 31st, 1870, to November 26th, 1870.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of housessinspected1427606284
DrainsConstructed178
Improved or repaired1218737
Traps fixed21161249
CesspoolsAholished..123
Cleansed or disinfected....11
Privies and Water ClosetsPan. trap, and water supply furnished
Pan and trap only furnished1....1
Water supply furnished3519
Dust binsConstructed1..1
Repaired and covers adapted..123
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed
Relaid1123842
General Water SupplyNevv receptacles provided549
Receptacles repaired and cleansed.. ..8 5287
Water supply provided......
Other Improvements| Houses generally repaired31619
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed1181930167
,, ventilated........
Overcrowding abated7..18
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued• .....
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated2146994