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Islington 1871

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

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OK DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF JANUARY, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OK DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 28th DAY OF JANUARY, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox..18912181121
Chicken Pox• •..167..14
Measles....8515..28
Scarlatina....22153..40
Whooping Cough..112152..30
Croup....123..6
Diarrhœa....2012121357
Dysentery....11....2
Cholera..............
Ague....1....12
Continued Fever....91027..46
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever....234..9
Erysipelas....674..17
Diphtheria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....241818..60
Mumps........3• •3
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh..126520822240736
Pneumonia....719..17
Pleurisy....2811..21
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity....a......5
Carbuncle....111..3
All other Diseases..17471518585611652
Total..20947843944116 j2870

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From January 2nd, 1871, to January 28th, 1871.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From January 2nd, 1871, to January 28th, 1871.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of houses inspected83152301 265
DrainsConstructed4..26
Improved or repaired1318536
Traps fixed19..937
CesspoolsAbolished2..24
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished........
Pan and trap only furnished..1..1
Water supply furnished6118
Dust binsConstructed2....2
Repaired and covers adapted1..45
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed....11
Relaid914932
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided........
Receptacles repaired and cleansed164121
Water supply provided• •......
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired..4610
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed20122153
ventilated......
Overcrowding abated....22
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued2....2
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated543645