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Islington 1871

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

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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 PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....101£0 139..123
Chicken Pox....4518..27
Measles....3..2..5
Scarlatina....1197..27
Whooping Cough....152510..50
Croup....11....2
Diarrhœa....16239654
Dysentery....212..5
Cholera..............
Ague......1....1
Continued Fever....71421..42
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever....213..6
Erysipelas....1465..25
Diphtheria..............
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....131930..62
Mumps........1..1
Pyaemia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh..123519219785710
Pneumonia....248..14
Pleurisy....2710..19
Delirium Tremens....2......2
Insanity....7..1..8
Carbuncle......12..3
All other Diseases..13468631699981909
Total..1490595310341893095

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 housesinspected23813179448
DrainsConstructed....33
Improved or repaired..347
Traps fixed••..33
CesspoolsAbolished..• •11
Cleansed or disinfected....••••
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished........
Pan and trap only furnished........
Water supply furnished........
Dust binsConstructed........
Repaired and covers adapted..• •44
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Relaid..336
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided........
Receptacles repaired and cleansed....11
Water supply provided..1..1
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired....66
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed3151230
„ ventilated........
Overcrowding abated........
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued........
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated....3434

* 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.