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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 23rd DAY OF MAY, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 23rd DAY OF MAY, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox1..174....22
Chicken Pox....361..10
Measles....541126..91
Scarlatina....102311..44
Whooping Cough....271326..66
Croup......1....1
Diarrhoea3..35352712112
Dysentery.....11.....2
Cholera....1......1
Ague......1....1
Continued Fever5..10122..29
Influenza............2
Puerperal Fever....2.....2
Rheumatic Fever.......1....1
Erysipela1..111.....13
Diphtheria.................
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis1..182315..57
Mumps....2........2
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh9..19811711540479
Pneumonia....114..6
Pleurisy....473115
Delirium Tremens2..2....4
Insanity2..4......6
Carbuncle..............
All other Diseases62236025807351882190
Total862310028379652413154

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 27th, 1868. t,o May 30th, 1868.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From April 27th, 1868. t,o May 30th, 1868.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
*Number of houses inspected217139213569
DrainsConstructed1551939
Improved or repaired18381975
Traps fixed374152130
CesspoolsAbolished101112
Ceansed or disinfected. .....
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished .722332
1214
Water supply furnished6252960
Dust binsConstructed..9..9
Repaired and covers adapted1191838
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed6915
Relaid324230104
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided761629
Receptacle repaired and cleansed1781540
Water supply provided..3811
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired18132455
,, cleansed or limewashed536038151
,, ventilated.........
Overcrowding abated...6..6
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1..1
Other Amendments6..2834
* In addition to the above, Belle Isle, in the South-West District, was inspected during twelve conbecutive days and on eleven nights between the hours of 8 and 11.