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Islington 1870

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

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TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 30th DAY OF APRIL, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

	Workhouse.	Infant Poor House.	Out Patient Paupers.	Holloway Dispensary.	Islington Dispensary.	Pentonville Convict Prison	Total.
Small Pox	..	..	4	..	..	..	4
Chicken Pox	..	..	..	5	4	..	9
Measles	4	..	50	16	34	..	104
Scarlatina	..	..	16	14	8	..	38
Whooping Cough	3	..	5	14	13	..	35
Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Diarrhœa	7	..	22	26	27	..	91
Dysentery	1	..	..	1	..	..	2
Cholers	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Continued Fever	1	..	3	8	17	..	29
Influenze	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumsatic Fever	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Erysipelas	2	..	3	1	1	..	7
Diphtheria	..	..	3	..	..	..	3
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	1	..	13	27	25	..	66
Mumps	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Pyæmia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	45	..	155	165	227	..	602
Pneunia	..	..	7	2	7	..	16
Pleurisy	..	..	7	5	11	..	23
Delirium Tremens	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Insanity	10	..	7	..	..	..	17
Carbuncle	1	..	..	..	1	..	2
All other Diseases	48	13	355	624	686	165	1891
Total	124	13	652	909	1066	184	2948

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TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From March, 28th, 1870, to April, 30th, 1870.

		South East District.	South West District.	North District.	Total.
Number of houses inspected		237	235	20	492
Drains	Constructed	1	..	..	1
	Improved or repaired	19	17	9	45
	Traps fixed	9	9	32	50
Cesspools	Abolished	3	..	..	3
Cesspools	Clensed or disinfected	..	. .	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished	4	1	4	9
	Pan and trap only furnished	..	..	1	1
	Water supply furnished	9	9	31	49
Dust bins	Constructed	1	3	1	5
Dust bins	Repaired and covers adapted	..	9	3	14
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed	..	..	..	..
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	16	13	6	35
General WaterSupply	New receptacles provided	..	2	..	2
	Receptacles repaired and cleansed	30	11	..	41
	Water supply provided	..	..		..
Other Improve- ments	Houses generally repaired	10	4	..	14
	„ &c., cleansed or limewashed	48	23	39	110
	,, ventrilated	..	20	..	20
Overcrowding abated		1	..	..	1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued		..	1	..	1
Other Amendments		13	3	19	35