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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 PrisonTotal.
Small Pox1....1....2
Chicken Pox....2612..20
Measles....754..16
Scarlatina....4115..20
Whooping Cough....122035..67
Croup......13..4
Diarrhoea3..1114101452
Dysentery....111..3
Cholera..............
Ague1..• •1....1
Continued Fever1446..15
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever..• •125..8
Erysipelas1..712..11
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....102845..83
Mumps........1..1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh27..23718019456694
Pneumonia1..824..15
Pleurisy....886..22
Delirium Tremens....1......1
Insanity3..3......7
Carbuncle......1....1
All other Diseases59164145267161491880
Total961673081310492202924

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 inspected22762101390
Drains(Constructed......
Improved o repaired79824
Traps fixed751426
CesspoolsAbolished........
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and WaterPan, trap, and water supply furnished ......11
Pan and trap only furnished..22
Water supply furnished1421228
Dust binsConstructed77
Repaired and covers adapted2..1416
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed336
Relaid11121437
General Water SupplyNew receptacle provided...., ,, .
Receptacle repaired and cleansed813526
Water supply provided........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired311115
„ cleansed or limewashed612518104
„ ventilated..617
Overcrowding abated1....1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..........
1521027