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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 IINEW CASES OK DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 27th DAY OF MAY, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II

NEW CASES OK DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 27th DAY OF MAY, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox..2175152915236
Chicken Pox....326..11
Measles....958123
Scarlatina....248..14
Whooping Cough....21012..24
Croup....111..3
Diarrhœa....1727131269
Dysentery........2..2
Cholera..............
Ague..............
Continued Fever....11716..34
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever....1......1
Erysipelas....334..10
Diphtheria....3......3
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis..171118..37
Mumps....1..5..6
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh....11412316428429
Pneumonia......33..6
Pleurisy....174..12
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity....6......6
Carbuncle....1..2..3
All other Diseases..283156038941171957
Total..3166283111891732886

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From May 1st, 1871, to May 27th, 1871.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From May 1st, 1871, to May 27th, 1871.

South East District.South West. District.North District.Total.
*Number of Houses inspected8021869367
DrainsConstructed........
Improved or repaired1326
Traps fixed..2..2
CesspoolsAbolished........
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished ......11
Pan and trap only furnished........
Water supply furnished..1..1
Dust binsConstructed........
Repaired and covers adapted........
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed........
Relaid..2..2
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided........
Receptacles repaired and cleansed..2..2
Water supply provided..1..1
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired....11
„ &c., cleansed or limewashed434657146
„ ventilated........
Overcrowding abated........
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued........
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated....1212

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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.