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

TABLE II

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

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox115. .3..10
Chicken Pox....526..13
Measles....154451..116
Scarlatina....21123..36
Whooping Cough....963..18
Croup.........90....
Dirrhoea16..118337..
Dysentery....21....6
Cholera•'..1........
Ague......181..26
Continued Fever....7....
Influenza...............
Puerperal Fever........1....
Rheumatic Fever........5..1
Erysipelas1..32..11
Diptheria..... •........
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....123349195
Mumps....1......1
Bronchitis and Catarrhi"i..656018022338
Pneumonia....33..9
Pleurisy....391..13
DeliriuDelirium Tremens5..........6
Insanity2..........7
Carbuncle......1
All other Diseases1007414595617841817
Total136869192210161442917

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.From Julv 4th. 1870, to July 30th, 1870.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED.

From Julv 4th. 1870, to July 30th, 1870.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected10438109451
DrainsConstructed1....1
improved or repaired1420236
Traps fixed124319
CesspoolsAbolished4..15
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished6..17
Pan and trap only furnished....
Water supply furnished72..y
Dust binsConstructed..1..1
Repaired and covers adapted..393
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yardsconstructed..1..1
Relaid1112124
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided4..15
Receptacles repaired and cleansed3647..83
Water supply provided1..1i
Other Improve mentsHouses generally repaired10314
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed124728204
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed..20..20
overcrowding abated21..3
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued42..6
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated942134