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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 FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 1st DAY OF JULY, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

TABLE II.

NEW CASES OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FIVE WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY. THE 1st DAY OF JULY, 1871, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Pauperfc.Holloway Dispensary.Islington Dispensary.Pentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox....1341826..178
Chicken Pox....8611..25
Measles....19525..49
Scarlatina....645..15
Whooping Cough....21107..38
Croup......21..3
Diarrhœa....4924499131
Dysentery......21..3
Cholera..............
Ague....11....2
Continued Fever....21417..33
Influenza..............
Puerperal Fever....1......1
Rheumatic Fever....21..4
Erysipelas....741..15
Diphtheria........4..4
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis....13254..77
Mumps....1..1..2
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh....8610515833382
Pneumonia....134..8
Pleurisy....387..18
Delirium Tremens..............
Insanity....7......7
Carbuncle........3..3
All other Diseases..31423614818941980
Total..3178484611811362978

Table: TABLE III.HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From May 29th, 1871, to July 1st, 1871.

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From May 29th, 1871, to July 1st, 1871.

South East District.Southa West. District.North District.Total.
*Number of Houses inspected17424976499
DrainsConstructed2....2
Improved or repaired1412228
Traps fixed95••14
CesspoolsAbolished........
Cleansed or disinfected......••
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished1..12
Pan and trap only furnished..1....
Water supply furnishedl....1
Dust binsConstructed..1..1
Repaired and covers adapted..••••..
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstruected........
Relaid35••8
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided........
Receptacles repaired and cleansed12....12
Water supply provided........
Other ImprovementsHouses generally repaired5....5
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed4716336246
„ ventilated......• •
Overcrowding abated........
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued........
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated2211134

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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.
N.B.—From the 31st of May to the 1st of July the Inspector of Dust visited 2058 houses.