London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 30th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1869, A.T THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Fox....11....2
Chicken Pox....423..9
Measles....7234..34
Scarlatina....571664..137
Whooping Cough....192314..56
Croup........1..1
Diarrhoea6..28503117132
Dysentery......1....1
Cholera..............
Ague1..1......2
Continued Fever2..873..20
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever........2..2
Erysipelas1..821..12
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis1..142530..70
Mumps....2......2
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh12..14319118156583
Pneumonia,...1252..19
Pleurisy....1105..16
Delirium Tremens2..........2
Insanity7..8......15
Carbuncle......1....1
All other Diseases71163345326661751794
Total1031664789010072482911

*One of these was " .Relapsing Fever."

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From October 4th 1869, to October 30th, 1869.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected10897163368
DrainsConstructed8..311
Improved or repaired194831
Traps fixed4621563
CesspoolsAbolished3....3
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and WaterClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished61..7
Pan and trap only furnished........
Water supply furnished117624
Dust binsConstructed..1..1
Repaired and covers adapted426121
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed....1
Relaid5427889
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided4217
Receptacles repaired and cleansed3412349
Water supply provided..1..1
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired81312
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed1043238174
,, ventilated..24..24
Overcrowding abated..134
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued12..3
Other Amendments1041024