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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 AUGUST, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

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

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....4......4
Chicken Pox....521..8
Measles....36714..57
Scarlatina..222167..47
Wgooping Cough....8106..24
Croup....3......3
Diarrhœa19..28316315632653
Dysentery1....31..5
Cholera....21....3
Ague..............
Continued Fever2211513..33
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever........2..2
Erysipelas....512..8
Diphtheria....1..3..4
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....201930..69
Momps...............
Pyæmia...............
Bronchitis and Catarrh16..144466528299
Pneumonia....135.,9
Pleurisy....531..9
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity3..5..2..10
Carbuncle....1......1
All other Diseases69175895618571742267
Total11021114584011652343515

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

TABLE III.

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

South East | District.South "West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected128174..302
DrainsConstructed32..5
Improved or repaired1735..52
Traps fixed16..7
CesspoolsAbolished..3..3
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished........
Pan and trap only furnished12..3
Water supply furnished518..23
Dust binsConstructed2....2
Repaired and covers adapted..6..6
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Relaid728..35
General WaterNew receptacle provided12..3
Receptacle repaired and cleansed2116..37
Water supply provided..8..8
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired12..3
„ cleansed or limewashed4917..66
„ ventilated........
Overcrowding abated..1..1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1..1
Other Amendments127..19