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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 UNDEIl TREATMENT DURING} THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 24th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....1......1
Chicken Pox..19..2..12
Measles2..28399..78
Scarlatina1221012..27
Whooping Cough....51713..35
Croup....2..2..4
Diarrhœa7..26302216101
Dysentery......1....1
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever3..954..21
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever......52..7
Erysipelas1..12104..27
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....243333..90
Mumps..............
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh2022581489055573
Pneumonia....655..16
Pleurisy1..321..7
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity3..61....10
Carbuncle..............
All other Diseases53154765137462192022
Total91208678209452903033

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 5th, 1868, to October 31st, 1868.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
*Number of houses inspected130101100331
DrainsConstructed44..8
Improved or repaired1021123
Traps Fixed1852548
CesspoolsAbolished2....2
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supplv furnished7..512
Pan and trap only furnished1..23
Wsater supply furnished2331137
Dust binsConstructed21912
Repaired and covers adapted..11112
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed1....1
Relaid37252587
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided2114
Receptacle repaired and cleansed20..727
Water supply provided....22
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired183..21
,, cleansed or limewashed1304560235
„ venttilated1....1
Overcrowding abated..1..1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1..1
Other Amendments1421430

*The Bakehouses, Cowhouses, Slaughterhouses, and several Work rooms were also inspected.