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Islington 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]
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TABLE II.
NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF JUNE, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—
| Workhouse. | Infant Poor House. | Out Patient Paupers. | Holloway Dispensary. | Islington Dispensary. | Pentonville Convict Prison | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | 19 | 3 | 2 | 24 | |||
| Chicken Pox | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||||
| Measles | 48 | 16 | 12 | 76 | |||
| Scarlatina | 1 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 42 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 57 | 38 | 55 | 151 | ||
| Croup | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Diarrhoea | 7 | 108 | 73 | 91 | 293 | ||
| Dysentery | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Cholera | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ague | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Continued Fever | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | ||
| Influenza | |||||||
| Puerperal Fever | ... | ||||||
| Rheumatic Fever | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Sorethroat or Tonsillitis | 28 | 32 | 13 | 73 | |||
| Mumps | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Pyaemia | |||||||
| Bronchitis and Catarrh | 15 | 191 | 108 | 113 | 479 | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Pleurisy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Delirium Tremens | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Insanity | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Carbuncle | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| All other Diseases | 56 | 16 | 670 | 756 | 934 | 240 | 2672 |
| Total | 94 | 18 | 1170 | 1077 | 1241 | 306 | 3906 |
TABLE III
HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From June 1st, 1868, to June 27th, 1868.
| South East District. | South West District. | North District. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Number of houses inspected | 130 | 117 ' | 89 | 336 | |
| Drains | Constructed | 3 | 15 | 18 | |
| Improved or repaired | 49 | 18 | 8 | 75 | |
| Traps fixed | 37 | 9 | 24 | 70 | |
| Cesspools | Abolished | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cleansed or disinfected | |||||
| Privies and Water Closets | Pan, trap, and water supply furnished | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Pan and trap only furnished | 2 | 2 | |||
| Water supply furnished | 10 | 7 | 14 | 31 | |
| Dust bins | Constructed | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Repaired and covers adapted | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards | Constructed | 1 | 1 | ||
| Re-laid | 30 | 11 | 4 | 45 | |
| General Water Supply | New receptacle provided | 1 | 1 | ||
| 19 | 9 | 4 | 32 | ||
| Water supply provided | 1 | 1 | |||
| Other Improvements | 98 | l | 7 | 36 | |
| „ cleansed or limewashed | 53 | 45 | 23 | 121 | |
| „ ventilated | |||||
| Overcrowding abated | 8 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued | 2 | 2 | |||
| Other Amendments | 13 | 7 | 20 | ||
| * In addition to the above, the whole of the Bakehouses and Cow and Slaughter-houses, and several Work ltooms and places, under the Workshop .Regulation Act, 1867, have been visited. | |||||