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Islington 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Parish of St Mary]

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Table: TABLEII.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLEII.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 26th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....52....7
Chicken Pox....211..4
Measkes....699..24
Scarlatina....20105..35
Whooping Cough3..91324..49
Croup....122..5
Diarrhœa8..8252140102
Dysentery......1....1
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever2..*81111..32
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever....11....2
Rheumatic Fever....312..6
Erysipelas....372..12
Diphtheria..............
Sorethriat or Tonsillitis....141249..75
Mumps....3..1..4
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh50..319242269..973
Pneumonia....684..19
Pleurisy....169..16
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity3..6......9
Carbuncle....114..6
All other Diseases64194354875932801878
Total1302085183910064133259
*Four of these cases were "Relapsing Fever."

Table: TABLEIII.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From January 31st, 1870, to February, 26, 1870.

TABLEIII.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From January 31st, 1870, to February, 26, 1870.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected147380110637
DrainsConstructed91111
Improved or repaired2118847
Traps Fixed38212685
CeesspoolsAbolished2....2
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished..1..6
Pan and trap only furnished....11
Water supply furnished13111842
Dust binsConstructed....44
Repaired and covers adapted..8614
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..3..3
Receptacles repaired and cleansed1920342
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided46..10
Receptacles repaired and cleansed3313450
Water supply provided........
Other Improve-mentsHouses generally repaired17210
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed31221972
,, Ventilated........
Overcrowding abated3519
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued14..5
the Amendments31..839