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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 21st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 21st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1868, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....7......7
Chicken Pox....145..10
Measles..10314028..109
Scarlatina....2037..30
Whooping Cough..2141413..43
Croup....111..3
Diarrhœa....1412202066
Dusentery........3..3
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever2..963..20
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever........1..1
Rheumatic Fever....547..16
Erysipelas....1241..17
Diphtheria..............
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....203159..110
Mumps....4......4
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh264286182235..824
Pneumonia....845..17
Pleurisy....335..11
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity3..6..1..10
Carbuncle....112..4
All other Diseases60134734967481831973
TOTAL912991580511442943278

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 2nd, 1868, to November 28th, 1868.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 2nd, 1868, to November 28th, 1868.

South 1 East District.South "West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected143249143535
DrainsConstucted71311
Improved or repaired8161640
Traps fixed14113863
CesspoolsAbolished........
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished....44
Pan and trap only furnished4149
Water supply furnished19102756
Dust binsCpmstricted..178
Repaired and covers adapted..11516
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed2316
Relaid28143274
General Water SupplyNew receptacle repaired and cleansed..123
Receptacle repaired and cleansed1041731
Water supply provided....22
Other Improve-mentsHouses generally repaired262..28
,, cleansed or limewashed54141886
ventilated..1..1
Overcrowding abated..2..2
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued........
Other Amendments531321