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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 DispensaryPentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox......112..13
Chicken Pox......76..13
Measles..26..117..44
Scarlatina......210..12
Whooping Cough......1714..31
Croup..............
Diarrhœa......678429180
Dysentery........2..2
Cholera..............
Ague......1..12
Continued Fever......104..14
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever......52..7
Erysipelas......23..5
Diphteria......1....1
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis......1021536
Mumps..............
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh..3..479314157
Pneumonia..1..43..8
Pleurisy......43..7
Delirium Tremens......1....1
Insanity..............
Carbuncle........1..1
All other Diseases..27..443641138249
Total..57..6339061871783

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 Housesinspected176140191507
DrainsConstructed26210
Improved or repaired1844769
Traps fixed174835100
CesspoolsAbolished2..2325
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished25916
Pan and trap only furnished347
Water supply furnished12102244
Dust binsConstructed3216
Repaired and covers adapted..51116
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed111113
Relaid16462486
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided..213
Receptacles repaired and cleansed36101157
Water supply provided....33
Other Improve- mentsHouses generally repaired913343
,, &c., cleansed or limewashed.551373141
........
1113
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued..9..9
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated9115979

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.