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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 28th DAY OF AUGUST, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF AUGUST, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....21....3
Chicken Pox....164..11
Measles....152....17
Scarlatina....17641..64
Whooping Cough2..114444..101
Croup....122..5
Diarrœa4..8212414031381
Dysentery......17..8
Cholera........1..1
Ague........1..1
Continued Fever1..31513..32
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever........1..1
Rheumatic Fever......14..5
Erysipelas2..23....10
Diphtheria......3....3
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....112428..63
Mumps..............
Pyæmia................
Bronchitis and Catarrh22166619641287
Pneumonia....329..14
Pleurisy....555..15
Delirium Tremens2..2......4
Insanity6..8..1..15
Carbuncle..............
All other Diseases58123535306212121786
Total971358283010212842827

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From Aug. 2nd, 1869, to Aug. 28th, 1869.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From Aug. 2nd, 1869, to Aug. 28th, 1869.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected92108152352
DrainsConstructed23..5
Improved or repaired821332
Traps fixed10123254
CesspoolsAbolished..1..1
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished22..4
Pan and trap only furnished..1..1
Water supply furnished771125
Dust binsConstructed..1..1
Repaired and covers adapted111921
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..2..2
Relaid419l24
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided..1..1
Receptacles repaired and cleansed..448
Water supply provided..I..1
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired..5..5
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed7473690
„ ventilated..1..1
Overcrowding abated..9..9
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..6..6
Other Amendments..31720