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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 Dispensary	Pentonville Convict Prison	Total.
Small Pox	..	..	..	4	1	..	5
Chicken Pox	..	..	..	2	4	..	6
Measles	..	..	..	1	4	..	5
Scarlatina	..	..	..	3	3	..	6
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	8	22	..	30
Croup	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Diarrhœa	..	..	..	91	54	41	186
Dysentery	..	..	..	5	..	..	5
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ague	..	..	..	1	1	..	2
Continued Fever	..	..	..	6	11	..	17
Puerperal Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rheumatic Fever	..	..	..	2	4	..	6
Erysipelas	..	..	..	3	5	..	8
Diphteria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sorethroat or Tonsillitis	..	..	..	14	17	6	37
Mumps	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Pyæmia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis and Catarrh	..	..	..	36	49	42	127
Pneumonia	..	..	..	..	5	..	5
Pleurisy	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Delirium Tremens	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Insanity	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Carbuncle	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
All other Diseases	..	28	..	375	560	130	1093
Total	..	28	..	551	745	219	1543

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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 inspected		67	103	123	293
Drains	Constructed	3	..	5	8
	Improved or repaired	13	26	12	51
	Traps fixed	22	24	11	57
Cesspools	Abolished	1	..	..	1
Cesspools	Cleansed or disinfected	..	..	..	..
Privies and Water Closets	Pan, trap, and water supply furnished	2	..	2	4
	Pan and trap only furnished	..	12	..	12
	Water supply furnished	1	5	15	21
Dust bins	Constructed	1	2	..	3
Dust bins	Repaired and covers adapted	..	3	4	7
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Constructed	..	2	..	2
Surface Drains and Pavements of Yards	Relaid	14	22	20	56
General Water Supply	New receptacles provided	3	5	..	8
	Receptacles repaired and cleansed	83	15	8	106
	Water supply provided	..	..	..	..
Other Improve-ments	Houses generally repaired	6	4	9	19
	&c., cleansed or limewashed	62	35	27	124
	,, Ventilated	..	6	..	6
Overcrowding abated		..	2	..	2
Illegal use of underground Rooms for sleeping discontinued.		..	..	..	..
Other Amendments, or Nuisances abated		9	9	19	37

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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.