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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 OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF APRIL, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 29th DAY OF APRIL, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox..1016240352249
Chicken Pox......57..12
Measles......12..3
Scarlatina....935..17
Whooping Cough....12177..36
Croup..............
Diarrhœa....102318....
Dysentery....1..2....
Cholera............••
Ague....1......1
Continued Fever....4114..33
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever........2..2
Erysipelas....445..13
Diphtheria......• •....••
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....71223..42
Mumps........1..1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh..3135153213..565
Pneumonia....1311..15
Pleurisy....156..12
Delirium Tremens......11..2
Insanity....311..5
Carbuncle..............
All other Diseases..14335516799911655
Total..2768579910521672730

Table: TABLE IIIHOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From March 27th, 1871, to April 29th, 1871.

TABLE III

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From March 27th, 1871, to April 29th, 1871.

South East District.South "West District.North ! District.Total.
*Number of houses inspected10921295416
DrainsConstructed13..4
Improved29112
Traps fixed38..11
CesspoolsAbolished..1..1
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished..1..1
Pan and trap only furnished..3..3
water supply furnished..2..2
Dust binsConstructed..1..1
Repaired and covers adapted..2..2
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Relaid110..11
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided..3..3
Receptacles repaired and cleansed..2..2
Water supply provided........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired........
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed496043152
,, ventilated........
Overcrowding abated12..3
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..1..1
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated..19394

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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