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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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JULY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER. TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 2nd DAY OF JULY, 1870, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Smoll Pox....64....10
Chicken Pox....376..16
Measles....8710968..264
Scarlatina....16215..42
Whooping Cough....51010..25
Croup....1..1..2
Diarrhœa5..425880..205
Dysentery........2..2
Cholera......1....1
Ague1..1......2
Continued Fever....5133..21
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever....2125
Erysipelas1..548..18
Diphteris......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....133440..87
Mumps....1......1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh18..92104204..432
Pneumonia....384..15
Pleurisy....624..12
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity6..12......18
Carbuncle....2..3..5
All other Discases9216474738768892177
Total12316776111512081233361

Table: TABLEIII.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From May 30th, 1870, to July 2nd, 1870.

TABLEIII.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From May 30th, 1870, to July 2nd, 1870.

South East District.South "West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected112123..235
DrainsConstructed2....2
Improved or repaired1828..46
Traps Fixed2315..38
CesspoolsAbolished........
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished41..5
Pan and trap only furished21..3
Water supply Furnished..7..7
Dust binsConstructed26..8
Repsired and coves adapted26..8
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Repired and covers adapted3510..45
General WaterSupplyNew receptacles provided..1..1
Receptacles repaired and cleansed1016..26
Water supply provided........
Other Improve- mentsHouse generally repaired196..25
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed8928..117
,, ventilated..17..17
Overcrowding abated..4..4
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued2....2
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated92..11