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Islington 1871

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Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1871, AT THEFOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

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TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1871, AT THE

FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

	Workhouse.	Infant Poor House.	Out Patient Paupers.	Holloway Dispensary.	Islington Dispensary.	Pentonville Convict Prison	Total.
Small Pox	..	..	101	£0 13	9	..	123
Chicken Pox	..	..	4	5	18	..	27
Measles	..	..	3	..	2	..	5
Scarlatina	..	..	11	9	7	..	27
Whooping Cough	..	..	15	25	10	..	50
Croup	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Diarrhœa	..	..	16	23	9	6	54
Dysentery	..	..	2	1	2	..	5
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Continued Fever	..	..	7	14	21	..	42
Influenza	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	2	1	3	..	6
Erysipelas	..	..	14	6	5	..	25
Diphtheria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	13	19	30	..	62
Mumps	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Pyaemia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	..	1	235	192	197	85	710
Pneumonia	..	..	2	4	8	..	14
Pleurisy	..	..	2	7	10	..	19
Delirium Tremens	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Insanity	..	..	7	..	1	..	8
Carbuncle	..	..	..	1	2	..	3
All other Diseases	..	13	468	631	699	98	1909
Total	..	14	905	953	1034	189	3095

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From January 30th, 1871, to February 25th, 1871.

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TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From January 30th, 1871, to February 25th, 1871.

		South East District.	South West District.	North District.	Total.
* Number of houses	inspected	238	131	79	448
Drains	Constructed	..	..	3	3
	Improved or repaired	..	3	4	7
	Traps fixed	••	..	3	3
Cesspools	Abolished	..	• •	1	1
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	••	••
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished	..	..	..	..
	Pan and trap only furnished	..	..	..	..
	Water supply furnished	..	..	..	..
Dust bins	Constructed	..	..	..	..
Dust bins	Repaired and covers adapted	..	• •	4	4
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed	..	..	..	..
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	..	3	3	6
General Water Supply	New receptacles provided	..	..	..	..
	Receptacles repaired and cleansed	..	..	1	1
	Water supply provided	..	1	..	1
Other Improvements	Houses generally repaired	..	..	6	6
	„ &c., cleansed or limewashed	3	15	12	30
	„ ventilated	..	..	..	..
Overcrowding abated		..	..	..	..
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued		..	..	..	..
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated		..	..	34	34

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* Inspections, Disinfections, Burnings, &c., in connection with the Small-Pox Epidemic, and the necessary
attention to complaints have engrossed more than the ordinary time of the Inspectors to the unavoidable neglect
of much other sanitary work.

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Islington 1871

Table: TABLE II.NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 25th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1871, AT THEFOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From January 30th, 1871, to February 25th, 1871.

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