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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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 3rd DAY OF JULY, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 3rd DAY OF JULY, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....31....4
Cicken Pox..39924..45
Measles....734..14
Scarlatina....141518..47
Wooping Cough5..395265..161
Croup........2..2
Diarrhœa....15235518111
Dysentery......25..7
Cholera......• •......
Ague..............
Continued Fever....5127..24
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever....2......2
Rheumatic Fever........1..1
Erysipelas3..1142..20
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....122934..75
Mumps........4..4
Pyæmia..............
Bronchifis and Catarrh19..151143195..556
Pneumonia....5511..21
Pleurisy....424..10
Delirium Tremens....1......1
Insanity4..2......6
Carbuncle....1..1..2
All other Diseases60144307068631582231
Total9117711100712952243345

Table: TABLE III.HOUfES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,From May 31st, 1869, to July 3rd, 1869.

TABLE III.

HOUfES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED,

From May 31st, 1869, to July 3rd, 1869.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
250173192615
DrainsConstructed73..10
Improved or repaired1827752
Traps fixed36181468
Cesspools2..24
........
Privies and Water Closets( Pan, trap, and water supply furnished ..4116
1..34
20141549
Dust bins25..7
6201036
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards1..45
46515102
General Water Supply3216
5027279
Water supply provided........
Other Improvements(Houses generally repaired82313
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed2317745353
..35136
Overcrowding abated..2..2
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued12..3
Other Amendments12201850