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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 Prison	Total.
Small Pox	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Chicken Pox	..	1	9	..	2	..	12
Measles	2	..	28	39	9	..	78
Scarlatina	1	2	2	10	12	..	27
Whooping Cough	..	..	5	17	13	..	35
Croup	..	..	2	..	2	..	4
Diarrhœa	7	..	26	30	22	16	101
Dysentery	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Continued Fever	3	..	9	5	4	..	21
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	..	5	2	..	7
Erysipelas	1	..	12	10	4	..	27
Diphtheria	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	24	33	33	..	90
Mumps	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pyæmia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	20	2	258	148	90	55	573
Pneumonia	..	..	6	5	5	..	16
Pleurisy	1	..	3	2	1	..	7
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Insanity	3	..	6	1	..	..	10
Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other Diseases	53	15	476	513	746	219	2022
Total	91	20	867	820	945	290	3033

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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 inspected		130	101	100	331
Drains	Constructed	4	4	..	8
	Improved or repaired	10	2	11	23
	Traps Fixed	18	5	25	48
Cesspools	Abolished	2	..	..	2
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supplv furnished	7	..	5	12
	Pan and trap only furnished	1	..	2	3
	Wsater supply furnished	23	3	11	37
Dust bins	Constructed	2	1	9	12
Dust bins	Repaired and covers adapted	..	1	11	12
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed	1	..	..	1
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	37	25	25	87
General Water Supply	New receptacle provided	2	1	1	4
	Receptacle repaired and cleansed	20	..	7	27
	Water supply provided	..	..	2	2
Other Improvements	Houses generally repaired	18	3	..	21
	,, cleansed or limewashed	130	45	60	235
	„ venttilated	1	..	..	1
Overcrowding abated		..	1	..	1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued		..	1	..	1
Other Amendments		14	2	14	30

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