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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 CASKS OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF OCTOBER, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASKS OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF OCTOBER, 1869, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox......1....1
Chicken Pox....716..14
Measles....17139..39
Scarlatina....391569..123
Whooping Cough....222732..81
Croup......1....1
Diarrhoea4..541087528269
Dysentery....112..4
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever1..51814..38
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever......52..7
Erysipelas2..566..19
Diphtheria•.....13..4
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis1293361..106
Mumps..............
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh2019811311535382
Pneumonia..1128..12
Pleurisy....392..14
Delirium Tremens....11....2
Insanity4..71....12
Carbuncle........112
All other Diseases61163966338121732091
Total932066598912172373221

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From Aug. 30th 1869, to October 2nd, 1869.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From Aug. 30th 1869, to October 2nd, 1869.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected12899197424
DrainsConstructed31..4
Improved or repaired2326655
Traps fixed29153276
CesspoolsAbolished3....3
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished5....5
Pan and trap only furnished..3..3
Water supply furnished3051853
Dust binsConstructed4217
Repaired and covers adapted761831
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Relaid3818864
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided51..6
Receptacles repaired and cleansed5012870
Water supply provided........
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired19..827
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed1522690268
„ ventilated107..17
Overcrowding abated194..23
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued........
Other Amendments227837

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♦The Bakehouses, Cowhouses, and Slaughterhouses were also inspected.