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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 OF DISEASE COMING UNDER TREATMENT DURING THE FOUP WEEKS ENDING SATURDAY, THE 24th DAY OF AUGUST, 1872, AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS:—

Workhouse.Infant Poor House.Out Patient Paupers.Holloway Dispensary.Islington DispensaryPentonville Convict PrisonTotal.
Small Pox......41..5
Chicken Pox......24..6
Measles......14..5
Scarlatina......33..6
Whooping Cough......822..30
Croup........2..2
Diarrhœa......915441186
Dysentery......5....5
Cholera..............
Ague......11..2
Continued Fever......611..17
Puerperal Fever..............
Rheumatic Fever......24..6
Erysipelas......35..8
Diphteria..............
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis......1417637
Mumps........1..1
Pyæmia..............
Bronchitis and Catarrh......364942127
Pneumonia........5..5
Pleurisy........1..1
Delirium Tremens........1..1
Insanity..............
Carbuncle..............
All other Diseases..28..3755601301093
Total..28..5517452191543

TABLE III.

HOUSES INSPECTED AND SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From July 29th, 1872, to August 24th, 1872.

South East District.South West District.North District.Total.
Number of Houses inspected67103123293
DrainsConstructed3..58
Improved or repaired13261251
Traps fixed22241157
CesspoolsAbolished1....1
Cleansed or disinfected........
Privies and Water ClosetsPan, trap, and water supply furnished2..24
Pan and trap only furnished..12..12
Water supply furnished151521
Dust binsConstructed12..3
Repaired and covers adapted..347
Surface Drains and Pavements of YardsConstructed..2..2
Relaid14222056
General Water SupplyNew receptacles provided35..8
Receptacles repaired and cleansed83158106
Water supply provided........
Other Improve-mentsHouses generally repaired64919
&c., cleansed or limewashed623527124
,, Ventilated..6..6
Overcrowding abated..2..2
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.........
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated991937

N.B.—From July 29th, to August 24th, the Inspector of Dust visited 2409 houses and found that Dust was
required to he removed from 671 of these.