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Islington 1868

[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 22nd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 22nd DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant, Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensarv.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox2..1243..21
Chicken Pox..632..11
Measles....791..17
Scarlatina1..131315..42
Whooping Cough1239337
Croup......21..3
Diarrhoea5..22107..58
Dysentery........1..1
Cholera..............
Ague1..1......2
Continued Fever2..442..12
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever. ...3......3
Rheumatic Fever....125..8
Erysipelas. ...65....11
Diphtheria......12..3
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis310213..37
Mumps....1....1
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh15..24612992..517
Pneumonia....34....7
Pleurisy....512..8
Delirium Tremens..... .........
Insanity261110
Carbuncle213
All other Diseases4446145896421522045
Total7659858077832012857

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 3rd, 1868, to February 29th, 1868.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 3rd, 1868, to February 29th, 1868.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected16318982434
DrainsConstructed3..1114
Improved or repaired2514544
Traps fixed1924649
CesspoolsAbolished51..6
Cleansed or disinfected1....1
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished3..14
Fan and trap only furnished..426
Water supply furnished316625
Dust bins[Constructed1..78
Repaired and covers adapted..617
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..415
Relaid619530
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided..347
Receptacle repaired and cleansed563950
Water supply provided..11
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired..44
,, cleansed or limewashed184325
„ ventilated........
Overcrowding abated..1..1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued......2..2

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* There were also inspected 200 Bakehouses, 63 Cowhouses, and 106 Slaughterhouses.