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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 SIX WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JANUARY, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE SIX WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JANUARY, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....71....8
Chicken Pox....31614..33
Measles....766223..161
Scarlatina....231118..52
Whooping cough....281952..107
Croup......22..4
Diarrhœa....1413342091
Dysentery........1..1
Cholera..............
Ague........1..1
Continued Fever....131211..38
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever....173....
Erysipelas....6416..2
Diphtheria....412..
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....214394..159
Mumps....1..10..11
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Cararrh39..3432173511041054
Pneumonia1..7115..25
Pleurisy....775..19
Delirium Tremens....1......1
Insanity6..7......13
Carbuncle......1....1
All other Diseases79195597359322392563
Total138281121116215743634386

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 30th, 1868, to January 2nd, 1869.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 30th, 1868, to January 2nd, 1869.

South East District.South "West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected247263178688
DrainsConstructed1269
Improved or repaired18262569
Traps fixed2276190
CesspoolsAbolished31..4
Cleansed or disinfected....22
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished4..37
Pan and teap only furnished....44
Water supply furnished15224178
Dust binsConstructed311620
Repaired and covers adapted453140
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConsturcted....77
Relaid17211182
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided1315
Receptacle repaired and cleansed21111143
Water supply Provided..213
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired184..22
,, cleansed or limewashed912221134
,, ventilated..325
Overcrowding abated4329
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued11..2
Other Amendments1651334