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Islington 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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TABLE II.

NEW CASES OP DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUR WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 27th DAY of JULY, 1872, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

	Workhouse.	Infants Poor House.	Out Patient Paupers.	Holloway Dispensary.	Islington Dispensary	Pentonville Convict Prison	Total.
Small Pox	..	..	..	11	2	..	13
Chicken Pox	..	..	..	7	6	..	13
Measles	..	26	..	1	17	..	44
Scarlatina	..	..	..	2	10	..	12
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	17	14	..	31
Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diarrhœa	..	..	..	67	84	29	180
Dysentery	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
Continued Fever	..	..	..	10	4	..	14
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	..	5	2	..	7
Erysipelas	..	..	..	2	3	..	5
Diphteria	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	..	10	21	5	36
Mumps	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pyæmia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	..	3	..	47	93	14	157
Pneumonia	..	1	..	4	3	..	8
Pleurisy	..	..	..	4	3	..	7
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Insanity	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
All other Diseases	..	27	..	443	641	138	249
Total	..	57	..	633	906	187	1783

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TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From July 1st, 1872, to July 27th, 1872.

		South East District.	South "West District.	North District.	Total
Number of Houses	inspected	176	140	191	507
Drains	Constructed	2	6	2	10
	Improved or repaired	18	44	7	69
	Traps fixed	17	48	35	100
Cesspools	Abolished	2	..	23	25
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished	2	5	9	16
	Pan and trap only furnished		3	4	7
	Water supply furnished	12	10	22	44
Dust bins	Constructed	3	2	1	6
Dust bins	Repaired and covers adapted	..	5	11	16
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed	1	11	1	13
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	16	46	24	86
General Water Supply	New receptacles provided	..	2	1	3
	Receptacles repaired and cleansed	36	10	11	57
	Water supply provided	..	..	3	3
Other Improve- ments	Houses generally repaired	9	1	33	43
	,, &c., cleansed or limewashed.	55	13	73	141
		..	..	..	..
		1	1	1	3
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued		..	9	..	9
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated		9	11	59	79

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N.B.—From July 1st, to July 27th, the Inspector of Dust visited 2071 houses and found Dust was
required to be removed from 707 of these.