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Islington 1870

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

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF MAY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF MAY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....911..11
Chicken Pox....277..16
measles....792962..170
Scarlatina....10348..52
Whooping Cough....822..12
Croup........1..1
Diarrhœa4..192618..75
Dysentery......12..3
Cholera..............
Ague....11....2
Continued Fever1..4105..20
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever1......3..4
Erysipelas....236..11
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....92536..70
Mumps..............
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh15..11597151..379
Pneumonia1..235..11
Pleurisy1..668..21
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity5..51....11
Carbuncle......1....1
All other Diseases79174316516921001970
Total1071770289910071092841

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From May, 2nd, 1870, to May, 28th, 1870.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From May, 2nd, 1870, to May, 28th, 1870.

South East District.South "West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected1571695331
DrainsConstructed3....3
Improved or repaired1312227
Traps fixed311418
CesspoolsAbolished14..5
Cleansed or cisinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished23..5
Pan and trap only furnished43..7
Water supply furnished..426
Dust binsNew receptacles Provided..5..5
Receptacles repaired and clensed..6410
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Relaid813..21
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided24..6
Receptacles repaired and cleansed98..17
Water supply provided........
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired2125
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed3529367
,, ventilated..25..25
Overcrowding abated..1..1
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..2..2
Other Amendments92415