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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 CASE3 OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1869, A.T THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox......31..4
Chicken Pox....326..11
Measles....11637..54
Scarlatina....401549..104
Whooping Cough....153212..59
Croup....11....2
Diarrhoea3..2216231781
Dysentery....1..2..3
Cholera..............
Ague........1..1
Continued Fever1..25611..43
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever......14..5
Erysipelas1..27....10
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....173644..97
Mumps....4......4
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh36..23023925758820
Pneumonia....7310..20
Pleurisy....345..12
Delirium Tremens....1......1
Insanity6..9......15
Carbuncle......13..4
AH other Diseases54203415637271501855
Total1012073293611922253206

* Seventeen of these cases were " Relapsing Fever."

TABLE III.

HOU£ES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED, From November 1st 1869, to November 27th, 1869.

South East District.South "West . District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected187172159518
DrainsConstructed1....1
Improved or repaired613524
Traps fixed7112240
CesspoolsAbolished1....1
Cleansed or disinfected....11
Privies and WaterClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished11..2
Pan and trap only furnished1....1
Water supply furnished141823
Dust binsConstructed..336
Repaired and covers adapted..41317
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..112
Belaid648256
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided..2..2
Receptacles repaired and cleansed305136
Water supply provided........
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired..268
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed315940130
,, ventilated..27128
Overcrowding abated..6..6
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..24..24
Other Amendments751524