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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 1st DAY OF JANUARY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....154....19
Chicken Pox....5517..27
Measles....14167..82
Scarlatina....261014..50
Whooping Cough1..142424..63
Croup......21..3
Diarrhœa7..1619182888
Dysentry........4..4
Cholera..............
Ague......21..3
Continued Fever5..25129..51
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever1....44..9
Erysipelas1..1023..16
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....112162..94
Mumps....3......3
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh36..216184277119832
Pneumonia1..438..16
Pleurisy....7119..27
Delirium Tremens1..1......2
Insanity3..8......11
Carbuncle....1..1..2
All other Diseases72334185696372932022
Total1283379487411564403425

* Sixteen of these cases were "Relapsing Fever."

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From November 29th, 1869, to January, 1st, 1870.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected186153133472
DrainsConstructed....11
Improved or repaired1925549
Traps fixed9102241
Cesspools|Abolished1....1
Cleansed or disinfected. .......
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished11..2
Pan and trap only furnished1....1
Water supply furnished....3131
Dust binsConstructed..4711
Repaired and covers adapted1157
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Relaid622129
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided1....1
Receptacles repaired and cleansed3429366
Water supply provided..• •....
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired..9..9
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed40401393
,, ventilated..9110
Overcrowding abated..527
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued1....1
Other Amendments311519