London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Islington 1870

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

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TABLE II.

NEW CASES OP DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox5511530..104
Chicken Pox. ...1315..28
Measles....13217..32
Scarlatina....263323..82
Whooping Cough5..552..17
Croup....21..5
Diarrhoea15..189142884
Dysentery......26..8
cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever....18925..52
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever....,,22..4
Erysipelas6..103*..21
Diphtheria..............
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....222335..80
Mumps........3..3
Pyaemia........224....
Bronchitis and Catarrh20321820196762
Pneumonia....758..20
Pleurisy....669..21
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity8..9......17
Carbuncle......1..1
All other Diseases3511425574890912026
Total891983390113072153367

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From November 28th, 1870, to December 31st, 1870.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
10899123330
DrainsConstructed112
improved or repaired444452
Traps fixed13351765
CesspoolsAbolishe..3710
Cleansed or disinfected....66
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished Pan and trap only furnished13 3..43
Water supply furnished...9214
Dust binsConstructed334
[Repaired and covers adapted1..1111
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..5...5
Relaid..37649
General WaterSupplyNew receptacles provided..6...6
Receptacles repaired and cleansed3410953
Water supply provided..2..2
Other Improve mentsHouses generally repaired69823
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed312841100
,, ventilated....22
Overcrowding abated..2..2
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1..1
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated9126586