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Islington 1869

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JANUARY, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF JANUARY, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small pox....41....5
Chicken pox....574..16
Measles....26125..43
Scarlatina1..884..21
Whooping Cough..1201828..67
Croup......14..5
Diarrhœa8..81214..50
Dysentery........11
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever....883..19
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever....1..1..2
Rheumatic Fever1..227..12
Erysipelas283720
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis..7274579
Mumps....2..3..5
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh352280237302128984
Pneumonia....1077..24
Pleurisy....777..21
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity1..3....4
Carbuncle........1..1
All other Diseases76103945197071151821
Total1241379387011502513201

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 4th, 1869, to January 30th, 1869.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From January 4th, 1869, to January 30th, 1869.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected35217299623
DrainsConstructed1348
Improved or repaired17141344
Traps fixed2033861
CesspoolsAbolished1....1
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and WaterClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished2..35
Pan and trap only furnished..224
Water supply furnished1071431
Dust binsConstructed141419
Repaired and covers adapted211518
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed....33
Relaid16151647
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided..314
Receptacle repaired and cleansed2839471
Water supply provided........
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired1416
,, cleansed or limewashed416451
,, ventilated..279
Overcrowding abated....22
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1..1
Other Amendments9..918