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Islington 1869

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

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TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

	Workhouse.	Infant Poor House.	Out Patient Paupers.	Holloway Dispensary.	Islington Dispensary.	Pentonville Convict Prison	Total.
Small Pox	1	..	..	1	..	..	2
Chicken Pox	..	..	2	6	12	..	20
Measles	..	..	7	5	4	..	16
Scarlatina	..	..	4	11	5	..	20
Whooping Cough	..	..	12	20	35	..	67
Croup	..	..	..	1	3	..	4
Diarrhoea	3	..	11	14	10	14	52
Dysentery	..	..	1	1	1	..	3
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	1	..	• •	1	..	..	1
Continued Fever	1		4	4	6	..	15
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	• •	1	2	5	..	8
Erysipelas	1	..	7	1	2	..	11
Diphtheria	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	10	28	45	..	83
Mumps	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Pyæmia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	27	..	237	180	194	56	694
Pneumonia	1	..	8	2	4	..	15
Pleurisy	..	..	8	8	6	..	22
Delirium Tremens	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Insanity	3	..	3	..	..	..	7
Carbuncle	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
All other Diseases	59	16	414	526	716	149	1880
Total	96	16	730	813	1049	220	2924

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TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From February 1st, 1869, to February 27th, 1869.

		South East District.	South "West District.	North District.	Total.
Number of houses inspected		227	62	101	390
Drains	(Constructed		..	..	..
	Improved o repaired	7	9	8	24
	Traps fixed	7	5	14	26
Cesspools	Abolished	..	..	..	..
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	..	..
Privies and Water	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished ..	..	..	1	1
	Pan and trap only furnished	..	2		2
	Water supply furnished	14	2	12	28
Dust bins	Constructed			7	7
Dust bins	Repaired and covers adapted	2	..	14	16
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed		3	3	6
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	11	12	14	37
General Water Supply	New receptacle provided	..	..	, ,	, .
	Receptacle repaired and cleansed	8	13	5	26
	Water supply provided	..	..	..	..
Other Improvements	Houses generally repaired	3	11	1	15
	„ cleansed or limewashed	61	25	18	104
	„ ventilated	..	6	1	7
Overcrowding abated		1	..	..	1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued....		..		..	..
		15	2	10	27